Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Coexist with People with Kirsten Powers - KR 186

Kingdom Roots

Our nation is fractured into factions. Politics cuts us in half and religion cuts out some and makes others a cut above. Wearing masks turns some into beastly behaviors. Which is one of the problems. We gravitate toward extremes. Facebook knows it; Twitter knows it; that’s why the bots under Silicon Valley are shaping our culture. Kirstin Powers suggests Grace offers humans a different way to enter the public dialogue. Scot McKnight talks with Kirstin Powers about her new book Saving Grace. In this book, she writes with wit and insight about our country's poisonous political discourse, chronicling the efforts she's made to stay grounded and preserve her sanity in a post-truth era that has driven many of us to the edge. She draws on lessons offered by faith leaders, therapists, theologians, social scientists, and activists working for change today. She dismantles the widespread misconception that grace means being nice, letting people get away with harmful behavior, or choosing neutrality in the name of peace. Grace, she argues, is anything but an act of surrender; instead, it is a kinetic and transformative force. Purchase* your copy of Saving Grace Today - https://amzn.to/3wcJqS6 *Affiliate Link - Support the work of the Kingdom Roots Podcast with your purchase.