Social media and recent political events have exposed the fault lines that exist within our country and our spiritual communities. The corruption and blind spots of the evangelical church have led to the departure of so many from faith, who cite hypocrisy and partisanship as reasons they can’t stay. Chillingly, many of the virtues that we believed were a central piece of our religious heritage—including kindness, purity, modesty, hospitality, and faithfulness—have been hijacked and used for political or cultural gain.
But all is not lost. My guest today, Author Amy Peterson, wants to reimagine virtue as a tool, not a weapon; as wild, not tame; as embodied, not written. As someone intimately familiar with, fond of, and also deeply critical of the world of conservative evangelicalism, Amy dissects the moral code of American evangelicalism and re-examines what it really means to be faithful in the modern world.
Her latest book, Where Goodness Still Grows, traces the virtues from their original meanings and imagines what it could look like for us to embrace and celebrate them today. Where Goodness Still Grows is more than a book. It is a thoughtful, poetic, and deeply powerful call to reclaim our faith and it’s a book I deeply needed in 2020.
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Episode 486: Bowen Family Systems Theory - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 485: Mikayla Munn and Linda Znachko -Former Inmate Helping Moms In Crisis & Saving Babies
Episode 484: Brent Peterson - The Back Side of the Cross Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 483: Elias Dummer - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 482- The Lost Sheep - Voices In My Head (The Rick Lee James Podcast)
Episode 481: Mindblown with Rich Kirkpatrick
Episode 480 - Meredith Mauldin - The Turning
Episode 479: Confessions of a Crappy Christian with Blake Guichet
Episode 478 -As I Walk These Halls
Episode #477 - Hiatus
Episode 476 - Lesli Hudson-Reynolds
Episode 475 - (Part 2) Pieter Valk Equips the Church To Love Gay People
Episode 474 - (Part 1) Pieter Valk Equips the Church To Love Gay People
Episode 473 - Brian Zahnd: When Everything’s On Fire
Episode 472 - THE WOOD DRAKE SESSIONS with Paul Ranheim and Kirk Sauers
Episode 471: The Soul of the Helper with Dr. Holly Oxhandler
Episode 470 - Have You Heard About Greg? - Greg O’Brien Chronicles His Journey with Alzheimer’s
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