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Learn-a-thon: Political Distortions

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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
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
Documentaries/Videos
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!

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