Best Dallas Willard Podcasts (2024)

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By Dallas Willard

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How Your Worldview Affects Your Life | Dallas Willard 28:16

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Today’s episode is about worldviews. What is one? Do you have one? And, if so, how does it influence your daily life? You’ll hear from Dallas Willard (1935 — 2013), a philosophy professor from USC. Willard explores how we can identify worldviews, why we should question ours, and how Jesus offers a unique and satisfying one. This forum was held at U…

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How to Read Dallas Willard / Steve Porter 1:08:56

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Dallas Willard (1935-2013) was an influential philosopher and beloved author and speaker on Christian spiritual formation. He had the unique gift of being able to speak eloquently to academic and popular audiences, and it’s fascinating to observe the ways his philosophical thought pervades and influences his spiritual writings—and vice versa. In th…

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Book: Renovation of the Heart, by Dallas Willard 8:29

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In "Renovation of the Heart," Dallas Willard tackles the perennial question that echoes through the apostle Paul's writings: why do we struggle with behaviors contrary to our beliefs? Willard contends that our approach to spiritual growth often starts with external efforts to modify behavior, but true transformation must begin within, at the core o…

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Book: The Road to Character by David Brooks 8:04

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Thanks for joining us today on Book Notes. We've explored David Brooks' insightful journey in "The Road to Character," where he reflects on the virtues that truly define a person's legacy—beyond mere achievements and accolades. Brooks challenges us to embrace humility, self-awareness, and inner strength as we navigate life's complexities and strive…

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How to Read Julian of Norwich / Ryan McAnnally-Linz 54:24

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Image Credit: adapted from The Lives of the Saints Gallus, Magnus, Otmar and Wiboradain German, 1451–60. St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 602, p. 303. Show Notes “All shall be well” as an introduction to Julian for many Rowan Williams on Julian as one of the greatest English language theologians Who was Julian? How she thinks and what we ca…

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Mimi Dixon and Richard Foster — Worth Celebrating 44:07

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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Nathan Foster has an in-person conversation with Mimi Dixon and Richard Foster about the two introductory books in the 2024-2025 Renovaré Book Club season — Richard's classic Celebration of Discipline and Mimi's Worth Celebr…

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Book: The Character Gap: How Good Are We? by Christian B. Miller 10:22

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In this episode of Book Notes, host Jackie Quinn presents "The Character Gap" by Christian B. Miller. This book explores the intricacies of human morality, uncovering through psychological research why individuals often behave in ways that contradict their stated values. Miller suggests that while most people aim to be good, their actions can vary …

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Book: Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It, by David Zahl 7:11

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In this episode of BookNotes, host Jackie Quinn introduces the book "Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It" by David Zahl. The book explores how modern-day obsessions—from career success to parenting, technology to politics—have taken on quasi-religious significanc…

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Fully Alive: Modern Monasticism & the Topography of the Soul / Elizabeth Oldfield 51:25

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What does it mean to be fully alive and at peace with ourselves and our neighbors in the anxiety and fear of contemporary life? Joining Evan Rosa in this episode is Elizabeth Oldfield—a journalist, communicator, and podcast host of The Sacred. She’s author of Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times. Together they discuss life in her mic…

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Nick Page — The Bible as Holy Ground 32:09

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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Author and podcast host Nick Page shares some guidelines for understanding the Bible and reading with a heart open to encountering God. Show Notes The Mid-Faith Crisis Podcast Some of Nick’s Books Nick Page on microblog…

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Book: How to Raise Kind Kids, by Thomas Lickona 7:18

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In "How to Raise Kind Kids," Thomas Lickona presents parenting as a nuanced art rather than a strict science, acknowledging the evolving challenges parents face. Through insightful anecdotes and scientific research from institutions like Yale, Lickona emphasizes that kindness is cultivated through consistent practice from a young age. He advocates …

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Mariah Velásquez — Practicing the Presence of God 28:11

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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Mariah Velásquez, Director of the Incarnatio Center for Formation and Integration at Westmont College and Associate Director of the Martin Center, joins Nate on the Life with God podcast to talk about a favorite book—Brother…

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Book: A Walking Disaster, by Dr. Jamie Aten 8:33

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In this episode of BookNotes, host Jackie Quinn introduces the book "A Walking Disaster" by Jamie Aten, a psychologist and disaster relief researcher. Aten shares his personal journey through cancer and discusses the similarities between his battle with cancer and his professional work studying resilience in the face of humanitarian disasters. Tune…

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Political Rage & America's Threat from Within / Elizabeth Neumann 58:06

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Elizabeth Neumann served as the Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during the Bush Administration, and came back to the White House again in 2017 to serve in the Trump Administration. Her job was to counter emerging right-wing extremism, fueled by long-standing anger, resentmen…

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Is Science the Only or Best Path to Knowledge? | Sethupathy & Rudge 38:24

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In today’s episode, you’ll hear from two scientists as they discuss the topic of knowledge. Is scientific knowledge the only true form of knowledge? Or are there other equally valid ways of knowing? You’ll hear from Praveen Sethupathy, professor of physiological genomics at Cornell, and David Rudge, professor of biological sciences at Western Michi…

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Book: Anatomy of the Soul, by Dr. Curt Thompson 9:00

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In this episode of BookNotes, host Jackie Quinn introduces the book "Anatomy of the Soul" by Dr. Curt Thompson. The book delves into the connections between the brain, interpersonal relationships, and spirituality. It explores how neuroscience can help answer questions about loneliness, overcoming the past, and embracing change. Listen in to learn …

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Learning to Disagree / John Inazu 35:46

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Genuine disagreement is vanishingly rare. But to disagree with careful listening, empathy, respect, and independent thinking—it’s an essential part of life in a pluralistic democratic society. In this episode, legal scholar and author John Inazu joins Evan Rosa to talk about his new book, Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Diff…

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Disillusioned with Faith: Finding Hope in Our Scars / Aimee Byrd 58:56

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We live in a time of disillusionment. Trust is waning in the public sphere, religious affiliation is on decline, and some feel a deep tension or ambivalence about their community—whether that’s a region, family, political party, or spiritual tradition. How should we think about the experience of disillusionment, particularly the threat of becoming …

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Julia Roller — The Right Book at the Right Time 31:17

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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Writer and editor Julia Roller joins Nate to talk about how God uses books to guide us into transforming ideas and encounters and shares about the book that changed her life. Julia Roller is an author and editor living in Sa…

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Black Motherhood: Love & Resistance / Kelly Brown Douglas 27:34

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“Black motherhood has consistently been a contested space. Black women have just fought for their rights to be. And so when we say Black motherhood, to me, the reality of Black motherhood itself is the resistance. And we still stand and we claim what it means to be Black mothers. We've got to consistently stand firm trying to raise healthy children…

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What Technology Can (And Can't) Do | Rosalind Picard & Joshua Knobe 24:16

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Advances in artificial intelligence and computing technology are happening at breakneck speed. Yet even the best A. I. today still falls short. Whether it's a frustratingly unhelpful chatbot, the uncanny valley of immersive virtual reality, or the nonsensical answers of ChatGPT. Are these glitches a short-term problem? Or is there something about h…

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Theologian of Hope: Remembering Jürgen Moltmann (1926 – 2024) / Miroslav Volf 42:54

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On June 3,2024, Jürgen Moltmann died. He was one of the greatest theologians of our time. He was 98 years old. In this episode, Miroslav Volf eulogizes and remembers his mentor and friend. We then share a previously released conversation between Miroslav Volf and Jürgen Moltmann. This episode first aired in April 2021—and it includes Moltmann’s con…

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Ep. 28 — Healing Trauma through Poetry | Laurie Klein 38:52

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This episode of Solum Podcast features poet Laurie Klein, writer of the hymn "I Love You Lord," on how writing her newest book, House of 49 Doors, helped her process the tragic suicide of her uncle. Watch the full video interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7vl4XzbpDs Purchase House of 49 Doors: https://www.amazon.com/House-49-Doors-Entr…

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Margaret Campbell — The Long Game 24:33

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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Deep relationships take time. Renovaré board and ministry team member Margaret Campbell shares with Nate what she's learned through the years about the slow and beautiful unfolding of true friendships — with people and with …

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More Than Just Okay? Religion, Purpose & Human Flourishing | Thompson & Strecher 38:41

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The speakers in today’s forum engage with two main questions: What stories are you telling yourself? And how can you learn to tell better ones? You’ll hear today from practicing psychiatrist Curt Thompson and Health Behavior and Health Education professor Victor Strecher (UMichigan). Curt and Vic discuss what it looks like to tell better stories, t…

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Joe Davis and Nick Page — Disagreeing and Staying Friends 33:42

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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Joe Davis and Nick Page have been friends for over 30 years and co-host The Mid-Faith Crisis Podcast. They share with Nate about disagreement as a productive part of friendship and faith that helps us work through concepts t…

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Can Truth and Tolerance Coexist? | Volf & Pendakur 33:53

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For many of the key issues today, it’s challenging to simply agree to disagree. Not only do we have serious differences in opinion and belief, but how we choose to act in light of them can have profound consequences. How, then, should we live together? Is compromise a necessary component of community? In a forum originally titled “Can Truth and Tol…

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Mobilizing Hope in Women’s Prison: Discovering Agency, Community, and Creative Resilience / Sarah Farmer 41:42

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How do you find hope when you can only see yourself and your future in light of your past mistakes? When you’re certain that everyone on the outside looking in is doing the same, punishing you, immobilizing you, invisibilizing you…? Seems the only way out of that spiral is the “God Who Sees.” Practical theologian Sarah Farmer joins Evan Rosa to dis…

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Adri-Marie van Heerden — Learning to Look Again 30:01

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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- South African Spiritual Director Adri-Marie van Heerden talks with Nate about making friends cross-culturally, the need for humility, and learning to see others as God sees us — with great regard. Adri-Marie's organization i…

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Is the Grindset Mindset Working? | Dugdale & Fontaine 24:52

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In college, it's common to feel the pressure to do everything—overload classes, join clubs, apply to internships, and more. But rarely do we stop to ask why. Behind all of our striving, what’s the purpose of our work anyway? The speakers in this episode ask this question. You'll hear from Lydia Dugdale, a primary care physician and director of the …

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Peaceable Assembly: Protests, Collective Belonging, and Refuge in a Forgotten Right / John Inazu 35:39

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Protests dominate the news. And while we’re familiar with freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, and freedom of the press—what about the freedom of assembly? The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution—also contains “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” But what exactly does that secure? How does this foundational, but often forg…

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John Paul Westin — Befriending the Prisoner 30:29

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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Nathan talks with prison chaplain John Paul Westin about the penitentiary as parish and learning to see each person there as God's "friends and special ones." Show Notes A few annotated book suggestions from John Paul: Cur D…

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The Opposite of Depression Is More Than Just Mental Health w/ David Carreon | Beyond the Forum 29:44

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What if there was a way to alleviate the symptoms of depression in just five days by changing a person’s brain activity? Obviously, this kind of shift would radically change a person’s life, finally letting them find happiness and satisfaction. Our guest today in this episode is David Carreon. He’s the co-founder of Acacia Clinic, a mental health c…

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Desire: How Avarice and Acquisition Distort Our Longing for the Sacred / Micheal O'Siadhail 53:19

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"Having lost a sense of the sacred, the only thing we want is acquisitiveness—more of everything. How can we break this vicious cycle of avarice? It seems to me that the only way we can possibly reign this in on ourselves is some retrieval of the sense of the sacred, something beyond ourselves. And I think that relearning humility—realizing that a …

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How to Read Flannery O'Connor / Jessica Hooten Wilson 57:08

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Flannery O’Connor is known for her short stories in which “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” But it’s often those ugly, mean, disgusting, scandalizing, violent, weird, or downright hateful characters in Flannery O’Connor stories that become the vessels of grace delivered. So, how should we read Flannery O’Connor? Jessica Hooten Wilson (Pepperdine Univer…

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The Liturgy of Friendship — Elizabeth Moore and Audrey Elledge 38:30

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Renovaré Book Club registration is now open with early bird pricing through Sep 1. Learn more at renovare.org/bookclub. ----- Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore, authors of Liturgies for Wholeness, join Nate to talk about the formational power of liturgy and friendship. Friendship is a relational connection point many people struggle with, but it's…

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A World Out of Joint: Pilgrimage and the Possibilities of Homemaking / Ryan McAnnally-Linz 48:06

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This conversation is based on a free downloadable resource available at faith.yale.edu. Click here to get your copy today. “We may heed the call of Jesus to follow me and find him leading us right into the home we already have.” (Ryan McAnnally-Linz) What are the possibilities of homemaking in a world out of joint? What does it mean for Christians …

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Three Skills for Disagreeing Better in 2024 w/John Inazu | Beyond the Forum 28:35

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One of our faculty partners and frequent Veritas Forum speakers, John Inazu (WUSTL), has a new book out — Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect. His book isn’t about the election per se, but so many of his ideas and tools will be helpful this year. As November approaches, we'll have to decide n…

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You Are A Tree: Metaphor & the Poetry of Our Humanity / Joy Marie Clarkson 48:17

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Help us improve the podcast! Click here to take our listener survey—5 respondents will be randomly selected to receive a signed and personalized copy of Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most. We need the world to understand it. Human embodied experience and material life in the world has a profound effect on our thinking—not just poetry a…

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