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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Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 336: An Extraordinary True Story with Missy Sipes
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 335: Simple Hymns - Songs of Redemption
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 334: Mary Demuth and We Too: How The Church Can Respond Redemptively To The Sexual Abuse Crisis
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 333: Sing 2019 Special with Fernando Ortega, Sandra McCracken, and Many, Many More...
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 332: Jennifer M. Greenberg - Not Forsaken: A Story of Life After Abuse: How Faith Brought One Woman From Victim to Survivor
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 331: Signs of Life with Stephanie Lobdell
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 330: Ben DeLong - There's A God In My Closet
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 329: Nikki Lerner and Multicultural Worship Ministry
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 328: A Third Way To Talk About Abortion - ProGrace CEO Angie Weszely
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 327: William Willimon - Accidental Preacher
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 326: Lyz Lenz - God Land
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 325: The Jewish View of Creation
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 324: Lora Jones Shares How She Found Faith In The Midst of Tragedy
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 323: Keith Getty and Sing! 2019
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 322: Eli Williams - Author of Father Love
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 321: Pentecost
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 320: A Conversation With Shane Claiborne
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 319: America's Unholy Ghosts: The Racist Roots of Our Faith and Politics with Author Joel Edward Goza
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 318: Dr. Julie Galambush - Hidden Truths: Why Translators Intentionally Mistranslate the Bible
Voices In My Head Podcast Episode 317: Dr. Julie Galambush - Luke-Acts and the Creation of Christianity
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