Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson

Kathleen A. Mulhern considers how we should spend our time in the evenings. We start the day intentionally and prayerfully, but all bets are off after five o’clock p.m.

Sarah Clarkson says that when mental illness struck, her mind became her enemy. She shares her struggle to love it again.

Susannah Black Roberts speaks with Stephanie Summers about how political opponents can disagree well. Stephanie is the head of the Center for Public Justice (CJP), a DC-based group that works with faith organizations and other organizations, as well as with Congress, to help craft a public culture and political culture that supports the Kuyperian idea of principled pluralism.We don’t all agree on issues of religious and moral import – is there a way that we can nevertheless work together on things where we do agree, and can we provide protections for all organizations to live out their idea of the good life, and in particular their faith commitments, well?Stephanie describes her approach to conversation and disagreement, and gives several case studies regarding the work that the CPJ has done over the past several years, most notably in light of the Dobbs decision.Susannah and Stephanie also discuss what happens when you reach the limits of pluralism: is there room for actually seeking common justice, justice that we can all agree on despite our differing commitments?

Archbishop Angaelos speaks about the Coptic Christians’ legacy of forgiveness and love for their enemies amidst political turmoil in Egypt. The speaker reflects on the powerful response to a violent act by ISIS, the impact of forgiveness and love in the face of tragedy, the practicality of loving one's enemies, and the church's role in responding to the war in Ukraine.

Staughton Lynd and other radical visionaries experiment with communal living in the hills of Georgia.

The hosts speak with Sohrab Ahmari about how private power crushed American liberty.Sohrab’s new book, Tyranny, Inc., is a thoroughly reported look at the way that private economic power, especially the conditions of employment, has taken away workers’ abilities to have agency over their own lives. How did we get here, and what can we do about it? Sohrab looks at the history of the last several hundred years, from the enclosure movement on, and looks as well at many stories of contemporary economic tyranny.They discuss the tendency of conservative genealogies of social ills to focus on ideas to the exclusion of material forces, and discuss as well the connections between this book, Sohrab’s earlier work on liberalism, and his Catholic faith.They end in discussing the conflict between neoliberalism and the Christian tradition, and Susannah recites a poem about a goose.

Mary Townsend explores the concept of loving sinners, hating sins, and what our response as Christians should be.

Rachel Cañon Naffziger tells the story of Egor Redin, a Baptist lawyer from Russia who spoke out against the war.

Susannah speaks with Clare Stober and Marianne Wright about living without money.Clare didn’t grow up in the Bruderhof – she made the decision to join when she was in her early thirties, after a successful career. She describes her spiritual quest, and the doubts and worries that came with considering joining – and the freedom that she has felt since then.Marianne is fourth-generation Bruderhof, has never had her own bank account, but the decision to join was no less personal and intense.What these two women experience in their day-to-day lives, how they relate to work, to security, to each other, and to God, in this lifetime commitment, is the subject of this podcast.

Benjamin Crosby asks if we can afford to love our enemies in an unforgiving society?