While equality in some areas has progressed, there is increased segregation when it comes to socioeconomic class. How should Christians respond in their own lives? Then, with Christmas around the corner, a conversation about Charles Dickens and his timeless classic A Christmas Carol which two of the podcasters are currently reading aloud at family breakfast every day.
Here are some of the links and references from this episode:
The Lines That Divide America https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/the-lines-reshaping-america/547205/
Britain ignores social mobility at its peril https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21732102-mobility-has-become-more-important-it-has-also-become-more-difficult-promote-britain
I resigned from the Social Mobility Commission because of the British government’s dismal record https://theconversation.com/i-resigned-from-the-social-mobility-commission-because-of-the-british-governments-dismal-record-88813
Ex-Facebook Big: ‘You Are Being Programmed’ https://youtu.be/PMotykw0SIk?t=21m20s
The Shepherd’s Pipe – Songs for the Holy Night https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/music/shepherds-pipe
A Christmas Carol http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19337
Christmas at Dingley Dell – excerpt from the Pickwick Papers https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Text/The%20Pickwick%20Papers-%20Excerpt%20-%20Dickens.html
The Chimes – Charles Dickens (Christmas novella) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/653
The Cricket on the Hearth – Charles Dickens (Christmas novella) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/678
Run, ye shepherds, to the Light – Michael Haydn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asnP05IlK1k
Songs of Angels – Robert Shaw Chorale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGI4cqItD6U&list=PLLzFhTjLsBLnNMTw8oAK0sdhCetbxQnMO
The Thirteen Days of Christmas https://www.amazon.com/Thirteen-Christmas-Shirley-Hughes-Overton/dp/0192735438
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