Politics are hostile, but we don’t have to be! As we focus on examining our heart postures during this election season, here is a list of resources we believe will be helpful for our church body. Each resource provides tools for cultivating a character of love toward people who have different opinions and perspectives than our own.
Our goal was to achieve 500 hours of learning together – and we ended on 596.5!
Thank you to everyone who joined in and challenged yourselves on this sticky topic. We’ll keep these resources here. You can also read a wrap-up story on what some of us learned, here.
Weekly opportunities at WH
- Participate in a Gathering Group
- Tune in to the MuseCast
- Sermon study guides
Self-Guided Workshops
- Braver Angels eCourses (1 hour each)
- Skills for Bridging the Divide
- Families and Politics
- Depolarizing Within
- Skills for Social Media
Podcasts/Audio
- Braver Way Podcasts (1 hour each) Interviews by a “blue” Braver Angels leader
- Derate the Hate (1 hour each) Interviews by a “red” Braver Angels leader from rural Minnesota
- Ted Lewis, “Can Depolarization Happen? Restorative Conversations with Ted Lewis.” Radix Magazine (1 hour)
- Braver Angels podcast episode, “Depolarization & Faith: How Faith Can Help Us Reach Across the Divide.” (1 hour)
Documentaries/Videos
- Reuniting America (50 min.)
- The Reunited States (90 min.)
- Divided We Stand (2.5 hours)
- Listen with Curiosity (90 min.)
- Listening is a Superpower, Interfaith America (30 min)
- Differences: A Student’s Story, Interfaith America. (30 min)
Books
- Sarah Bauer Anderson – The Space Between Us: How Jesus Teaches Us to Live Together When Politics and Religion Pull Us Apart
- David Fitch – The Church of Us vs. Them: Freedom from a Faith That Feeds on Making Enemies
- Monica Guzman – I Never Thought of it That Way
- Harold Heie – Let’s Talk: Bridging Divisive Lines Through Inclusive and Respectful Conversations
- Ezra Klein – Why We are Polarized
- Kaitlyn Schiess – The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor
Thanks again to all who participated. Keep on learning and growing!
