Episode 57: The Color of Nuance

“Would you feel the same way if you were someone else, in a different place, time, or situation?” It’s a great question, the kind of thought exercise we’re rarely encouraged to engage in at church. This episode explores nuance—increased complexity in the ways we think about things. How much richer might our discussions be if we were willing to give space for the expression of a true diversity of thought and experience? How much might our shared understanding increase? And can we ever become comfortable approaching even our most trusted old ideas in new ways?

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Notes & Quotes:

Interview: Gordon B. Hinckley, American Experience, by PBS
Why We Need to Teach Nuance to Little Thinkers, Red T Media, 03/21/2019
Questions Are the Answer: naked pastor and the search for understanding, by David Hayward
Restoration: God’s Call to the 21st Century World, by Patrick Q. Mason
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, by Barbara Brown Taylor

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