Exploring Enneagram Types and Holy Ideas

Today on Being Human, it’s all about the Enneagram. 

Steve Cuss welcomes back his friend and colleague Jimmy Carnes for a discussion about the nine types and how they reflect the character of God. Carnes explains the holy idea of each Enneagram type—also known as the nine faces of God—and the ways that we are all striving for one aspect of God to be true. 

Carnes and Cuss discuss the nuances of their types and others. They consider how the Enneagram system can help people identify where they lose connection with God, themselves, and others. And they discuss navigating grief and anxiety as complex humans who are loved by God.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• Capable Life
• The Enneagram
• Papillion
• Thomas Keating’s “Programs for Happiness”
• “If Discerning Good & Evil is Good, Why Was the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil Bad?” (Greg Boyd, ReKnew)
• I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For by U2
• History of the World: Part I
• The Good Doctor
• Andy Gullahorn
• Rich Mullins

“Being Human with Steve Cuss” is a production of Christianity Today

Executive Produced by Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper

Produced and Edited by Matt Stevens

Associate Producers: McKenzie Hill, Raed Gilliam, and Abby Perry

Theme song by Dan Phelps

Original Music by Andy Gullahorn

Mix Engineer: Kevin Morris

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