Episode 27: Where Do We Go From Here - A Post-Election Conversation Starter
In our delayed November podcast—planned before the 2020 General Election, and recorded several days after it—Carrie and Parker discuss the outcome of that day and the four years that led up to it.
They talk about our current political divides, the many uncertainties of our challenging era (some real, some manufactured), and the role of hope and faithfulness in finding our way forward as “We the People.”
Here are a few questions to use for your own exploration and journaling. to explore with others,
In this time of pandemic, we strongly advise the use of Zoom or another similar platform for having group conversations. Be safe and well and take care of one another.
1. What about the past election has left you discouraged and what has given you hope?
2. What would living and engaging with the world with “fierce love” look like personally (e.g., in relation to family and friends) or politically (e.g., in how you show up publicly in spiritual community)?
3. How have you or might you engage the vital conversation about racial justice, a question that’s been on our national agenda from the start? In particular, how do you respond to the idea that it is important for white people to talk with white people about race?
4. What is your response to the notion of having the courage to make mistakes that are necessary to learning? Have you taken missteps that gave you better insight into yourself and how to proceed?
5. What is your response to the idea of “the tragic gap” as a description of the place where we must stand and act if we want to contribute to change?
6. What is your response to the idea that “effectiveness” cannot be the ultimate standard for the value of our actions? What would action grounded in “faithfulness” mean to you?