S2 E33: Tom Rundel: Holding Conviction Confidently and Non-violently

Liminal Living

Have you ever learned a new perspective, started a new diet, or become really religious, and then get on a mission to convert everyone in your path to this new thing… only to leave it behind at some point and wonder what’s real? Me too. It leaves you feeling guilty for being “wrong” or feeling shamed for convincing so many people of something you are not so sure of anymore. What do we do with this part of our history, and how can we hold our current convictions with both confidence and humility?

In this episode I share some thoughts I have learned along the way of having conversations with wonderful folks on this podcast. I also offer some perspective on passages of scripture like the widow’s two mites, and the parable of the talents.

Time Stamps for the episode:
00:43 Mental Furniture
05:45 Convert, Convince, Convict
11:14 Frames and how we hold them
16:13 Learning from perspectives not my own
21:52 Naming your frames to hold them non-violently
27:48 The Parable of the Talents
33:33 Parable of the Whistleblower
39:36 Interpreting scripture through our frame
44:12 Creating subcultures and naming it reality
49:38 Christian Nationalism
53:52 Hope is not an emotion, but an imagination
57:02 Conclusions

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