Living On Common Ground
Does it feel like every part of your life is divided? Every scenario? Every environment? Your church, your school, your work, your friends. Left, right. Conservative, liberal. Religious, secular. From parenting styles to school choice, denominational choice to governing preference, it seems you're always being asked to take a side.
This is a conversation between a progressive Christian and a conservative atheist who happen to be great friends. Welcome to Living on Common Ground.
Living On Common Ground
Latest Episodes
Before You Get A Face Tattoo
The world keeps daring us to pick a side, then punishes us for talking to anyone across the line. We push back with a simple question: what if the people we’re told to avoid are the ones who can actually hold us up? As a progressive Christian a...
Throw The Cooler Or Jump In
A teen lifeguard fights through heavy surf and pulls a kid to safety, and the clip goes viral for a reason: it hits that raw place in all of us that wants to move toward danger when someone is drowning. But then the headlines shift to warnings,...
We Learn More By Crossing Lines Than Drawing Them
The fastest way to lose your mind right now is to assume everyone else is living in the same reality you are. We feel that pressure every day: pick a side, wear the label, stay in your lane, and treat the other lane like a threat.We sta...
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