The Long Haul: Perseverance, Together, In Pandemic Days
Season 2, Episode 234, Apr 02, 2020, 08:16 AM
Settling into the long haul: walking the pandemic path with endurance.
Our show pushes back against the unexamined, often unconscious ways that we frame public questions using political or economic modes of thinking. We aim to be part of a growing movement of people who are critical of the narrowness of political and economic categories, and who want to revive a vision of human flourishing that is grounded in the wisdoms of theological and moral philosophical tradition. We see these habits and ways of thinking as being pre-political, and foundational to a healthy and civil shared life in families, communities, economies, and polities.
In short, we want to create a community that is grounded in curiosity, going deep, and shining light.
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Here are timecodes to help you navigate through today’s show:
02:54 How is dealing with the pandemic like running a marathon?
05:12 Who is the cloud of witnesses that we can be surrounded by, and strengthened by? How is being connected to that cloud of witnesses similar to being connected to our contemporaries?
07:45 How does anxiety entangle us? Is being “tangled” in anxiety an illuminating image? For those who love soccer: does the image of “settling the ball” suggest a helpful response to anxiety? “Every day we begin again:” how is this a mantra of perseverance?
12:25 “Just breathe.” What is the wisdom there? How is mindfulness like Sabbath?
16:20 What does it mean to “run with perseverance?”
20:05 Is it possible to get through pandemic time alone?