Guest: Karen Swallow Prior

In this episode, we have a NEW interview with speaker, author, and literature professor Dr. Karen Swallow Prior around post-institutionalism, the loss of virtue in leadership, and whether the failure of the Westernized Church spells out the death of Christianity or an opportunity for reformation. Plus, Robert, Hannah, and Zane discuss classic literature, the difference between a mob and a movement, and how a new Star Wars show demonstrates various dimensions of moral courage when it comes to staying or leaving a toxic system.

Resources Mentioned:

• On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books by Karen Swallow Prior
• You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful by Karen Swallow Prior
• Something's Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse--and Freeing Yourself from Its Power by Wade Mullen
• Toward a More Trauma-Informed Church by Pete Singer

Disclaimer: All opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and may not represent the views of GRACE as an organization. Similarly, the presence of a guest on the podcast does not constitute an endorsement of them, their work, or any organization they represent. This podcast is also not a forum for GRACE to discuss past, present, or future investigations or engagements but rather to draw out broader themes, principles, and research around abuse in faith contexts.

Guest: Scot McKnight.

Interviewer: Boz Tchividjian.

Tune in as Robert, Zane, and Hannah break down a previous GRACE Live Conversation with our former Executive Director, Boz Tchividijian, and author Scot McKnight, about finding peace despite being caught in a toxic church system. In addition, the team tackles common fears that keep people trapped in toxic church systems, the cost of leaving, and grassroots methods of cultural change.

Resources Mentioned:

• GRACE Live Conversation with Scot McKnight & Boz Tchividjian
• A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing by Scot McKnight
• Shattered Sanctuary: The Many Losses of Church Betrayal by Katherine B. Wiens

• GRACE Resources for Survivors

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Disclaimer: All opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and may not represent the views of GRACE as an organization. Similarly, the presence of a guest on the podcast does not constitute an endorsement of them, their work, or any organization they represent. This podcast is also not a forum for GRACE to discuss past, present, or future investigations or engagements but rather to draw out broader themes, principles, and research around abuse in faith contexts.

Guests: Wade Mullen & Chuck DeGroat.

Interviewer: Pete Singer

In this episode, Robert, Zane, and Hannah discuss a previous GRACE Live Conversation with Wade Mullen & Chuck DeGroat about how toxic church systems are formed and maintained. Plus, the small cultural norms we find bothersome, the culpability of leaders in culture formation, and three stages of reckoning with toxic church systems.

Resources Mentioned:

• GRACE Live Conversation with Wade Mullen & Chuck DeGroat.
• Something's Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse - and Freeing Yourself from Its Power by Wade Mullen
• Walls of Silence: Protecting the Institution Over the Individual by Boz Tchividjian
• Consultations with GRACE

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Disclaimer: All opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and may not represent the views of GRACE as an organization. Similarly, the presence of a guest on the podcast does not constitute an endorsement of them, their work, or any organization they represent. This podcast is also not a forum for GRACE to discuss past, present, or future investigations or engagements but rather to draw out broader themes, principles, and research around abuse in faith contexts.