What If We Don't Want To Heal? Seeking Common Ground Versus Reckoning With The Truth

When you’re with Uncle Bob at the dinner table, do you try to reconcile with him by listening sympathetically to his ideas, or do you confront him with the truth so that he will, at some point, repent of his errors?

If someone is acting poorly, do you try to see things from her point of view, or do you stand with conviction for a better way?

Can we approach our fellow Americans with BOTH conviction for the right, and with humility for our limitations? And what if the others aren’t interested in having a relationship with you?

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 foster conversations, develop habits, and create communities that are grounded in curiosity, going deep, and shining light.

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