Tim and Mike play two truths and a lie; Mike talks about the role of spiritual formation for helping to foster civility; and they dig into some of the projects on campus Mike is leading that aim to promote faithfulness among undergraduate students, including a training on civility with Pomona College and Biola University.
What if the culture around married couples promotes division, acrimony, and anger? Read Tim’s recent article on Logos about the influence social context has for promoting or undermining how couples approach communication.
Why are we experiencing so much polarization in culture? A common answer is social media. But what’s some of the reasoning on how social media contributes to polarization? Tim and Rick speak with Michael Whitenton about three types of polarization that social media incites - ideological, perceived, and affective.
Radio host and pastor Bob Lepine is back on the podcast to speak with Tim and Rick about notable changes in our cultural communication since late 1970’s, including changes in our cultural tone.
What are our expectations for rules of engagement in building a healthy democracy? What shared commitments can we make in our civic aspirations? At the heart of answers to these questions is the issue of pluralism, which was one of the founding creeds of the United States for helping to live peaceably and with civility despite deeply engrained differences.
Rick and Tim recently spoke to Senate Democrat and Republican interns on Capitol Hill on how to have productive disagreements, and you can watch their talk at the Faith & Law website.
Michael Whitenton directs the Bridgebuilding Fellows program at Baylor University, a program that seeks to help students to engage in healthy and virtuous civil discourse.
What is distinctly different about how Christians have disagreements? Watch Tim’s recent sermon at Fullerton Free church where Tim draws wisdom for the Church on how to disagree from I Peter.
Should Christians use preferred pronouns? What is at stake in this question? How can Christians navigate relationships when people want them to use preferred pronouns?
When we move from influencing an individual to influencing a community or a body of people, the field of communication studies would say we transition from persuasion to rhetoric. In this transition, we often find ourselves in “rhetorical situations.” Tim and Rick unpack the rhetorical situation, including elements and affects of this communication event.
About the Podcast
The Winsome Conviction podcast is a biweekly podcast on learning how to deepen convictions without dividing communities. In each episode, hosts Tim Muehlhoff, Rick Langer and Mike Ahn along with frequent guest experts, consider how to cultivate understanding around our most closely held convictions and foster civility and compassion in disagreement.
To submit comments, ask questions, or make suggestions on issues you'd like us to cover or guests you'd like us to have on the podcast, email us at winsomeconviction@biola.edu.
