The Sonder Community: Recent Episodes
The Sonder Community
These are thoughts on emotions, spirituality, virtue, politics, parenting, health, rest, the pursuit of the best ideas possible, and everything in between. These are interviews, conversations, and riffs — all with the goal of living a better life, being a better you, and making the world a better place.
My Gay Agenda - A series on hearing from people in the LGBT community about their experience growing up in church.
Midweek Meditation
Quotes:
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people but care more about their opinion than our own.
— Marcus Aurelius
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says, does, or thinks. But only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
— Marcus Aurelius
It’s the combination of two sayings, “Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one, and they all stink.” And “Just do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter.”
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Midweek Mediation
A new take on the old story.
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Open Letter to a DyingChurch Ch. 3
A few thoughts on what we may have in common.
20:00 - Heraclitus
26:23 - Stoicism
29:13 - Judaism
36:02 - early Christiansish
42:23 - Conclusion
Triangle Fractal
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Action is sometimes necessary. There may come a point when—
Indecision is a decision.
Inaction is an action.
Not taking a stance is, in fact, taking a stance.
Notes: A series on improving our conversations and sorting through information.
Part 2. “Why We Cant See” — Recognizing our biases. This content is actually from another podcast by Brian McLaren. Rather than rewrite his content, I will just link directly to his podcast episode.
Link to this on Sonder https://thesondercommunity.com/latest/whycantwesee
Link to Learning How To See Podcast. Episode 1 - Why Can't We See?
https://cac.org/podcasts/why-cant-we-see/
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Notes: A series on improving our conversations and sorting through information.
Part 1. “What Do You Do With The Mad That You Feel?” — On how to approach conversations. And how deal with feelings, stress, anger, frustration, and the like that inevitably come up in these important conversations. while in important conversations.
Quotes:
"Feelings are mentionable and manageable." - Mister Rogers
"Be curious, not judgemental." - Walt Whitman
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Notes: A series on improving our conversations and sorting through information.
Part 1. “What Do You Do With The Mad That You Feel?” — On how to approach conversations. And how deal with feelings, stress, anger, frustration, and the like that inevitably come up in these important conversations. while in important conversations.
Link to this episode on Sonder site https://thesondercommunity.com/latest/ccintro
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Notes:
Life is more than theories and ideas. Do you have someone who’s life experience is what you have such strong feelings about?
It’s easy to see life through your own point of view. It takes intentional human connection to truly see the world beyond yourself.
Quotes:
“Personal connection and empathy are essential if we are to mend what Teddy called “the rancor of political and social strife” and "appreciate each other's passions, prejudices, and, indeed, their point of view." Until you [personally connect with someone who’s lived experience is what you have a strong opinion about], it is often best to suspend your judgments and not be so opinionated.”
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This weekends episode is Moore thoughts on
- who is Corey Moore
- thoughts on feedback on Ch 1&2
- "church hurt"
- Hillsong
- Some of our goals as Sonder
- Our first community group
- and probably other things
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Notes: Life is more than theories and ideas. Do you have someone who’s life experience is what you have such strong feelings about?
It’s easy to see life through your own point of view. It takes intentional human connection to truly see the world beyond yourself. Quotes: “Personal connection and empathy are essential if we are to mend what Teddy called “the rancor of political and social strife” and "appreciate each other's passions, prejudices, and, indeed, their point of view."
Until you [personally connect with someone who’s lived experience is what you have a strong opinion about], it is often best to suspend your judgments and not be so opinionated.”
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A thought on courage. Quotes: "Just to do the right thing. The rest doesn't matter." - Marcus Aurelius Instagram: @sondercommunity Website: thesondercommunity.com
Conversation with a good friend Shannon Adams. We talk about sickness, changing beliefs, leaving church, isolation, suffering, and love.
Quotes:
“With the best intentions, people ask me about my sickness. But I am also more than my sickness.” -Shannon Adams
“My lotus in the mud moment, that woman, that nurse didn't give me anything physically but, she suffered along with me by seeing me in that moment.” -Shannon Adams “Sometimes we get so caught up with “love your neighbor” that we forget the ‘as yourself.’” - Corey Moore Shannons Instagram: @shannonadams3
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A few thoughts on living your philosophy. Quotes: “Truth, when well-lived, is self evident.”
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It’s ok to not have all the answers. Take the necessary time to wrestle with the data and ideas. It can often be alright to disagree on things. Quotes - This story shows that if God is willing to be tested and proven wrong, who are we to think that we possess the whole truth? Why should we be unwilling to listen to those who disagree with us?
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Ch. 2 of the Open Letter To The Dying Church where we address the idols that the Church, inadvertently and ironically, worship.
Idol 1 - 18:07
Idol 2 - 41:47
Idol 3 - 1:16:19
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We all have initial impressions that are out of our control. It’s what we do after those impressions that matters more.
“What do you call those who follow every impression that strikes them? Crazy!”- Epictetus
“Every situation is made better by a calm and level head.”
“We like to think we can control our thoughts, but that simply is not the case. We cannot resist the initial impulse, impression, or intrusive thought. But we do have the ability to take our thoughts captive and evaluate.”
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“Sonder is a practice in empathy. The intricacies and complexities of other people’s lives are beyond what our quick judgment of a person can fully grasp. So rather than being caught up in our initial impressions, we do our best to put ourselves in their shoes.”
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This episode is the first part of my open letter to the dying American Church. Quotes “If it feels like you’re losing control of something, something is changing without your permission, it’s very easy to get defensive and protective of what’s comfortable and familiar. Especially if it feels like who you are is being attacked. So when reading things like this, be aware of how easy it is to shut down and get defensive. There’s no need to feel like you have to point out all the ways this doesn’t apply to you. This is between you and yourself.” Instagram: @sondercommunity Website: thesondercommunity.com