Lynn Casteel Harper is a minister, chaplain, and author of On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear. We talk about what she learned sitting with people living with dementia—about silence that isn't empty, gentleness as a form of power, and what it means to stay present when certainty isn't available.

We also discuss Hannah Arendt's distinction between power and violence, the Biosphere 2 trees that couldn't grow without wind, and the question: what are you loyal to that you didn't choose?

Mentioned:

• On Vanishing by Lynn Casteel Harper
• Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer
• Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

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