Listen "Loving When We're Not At Our Best with Parker Palmer"
Episode Synopsis
How can we see others, and ourselves, with love when anger, fear, depression, or division clouds our vision?
Today's episode of Learning How to See features an interview with Quaker elder Parker J. Palmer. Parker helps us explore how love can become a way of seeing, how we can navigate times of depression, and why listening to each other’s life stories may be our best antidote to polarization. Join us as Parker reflects on encounters that reshaped his assumptions about “the other,” sharing insights from decades of Quaker practice.
Resources:
Subscribe to Parker's Substack here.
Learn more about the Center for Renewal and Courage here.
Follow Parker on Facebook here.
Find the transcript for this episode here.
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Today's episode of Learning How to See features an interview with Quaker elder Parker J. Palmer. Parker helps us explore how love can become a way of seeing, how we can navigate times of depression, and why listening to each other’s life stories may be our best antidote to polarization. Join us as Parker reflects on encounters that reshaped his assumptions about “the other,” sharing insights from decades of Quaker practice.
Resources:
Subscribe to Parker's Substack here.
Learn more about the Center for Renewal and Courage here.
Follow Parker on Facebook here.
Find the transcript for this episode here.
Connect with us:
Have a question you’d like Brian or Carmen to answer about this season?
Email us: [email protected]
Send us a voicemail: cac.org/voicemail
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