#122 - Finding The Third Way {Reflections}

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Stuck between two bad choices that both feel wrong? We’ve been there too. Today we talk about the subtle art of finding a third way—an approach modeled by Jesus that refuses shallow binaries and restores nuance, courage, and care for people. Instead of choosing between silence or shouting, canceling or condoning, we slow down and study two famous Gospel moments where a trap demanded a yes or no, and wisdom answered with something better.

First, we unpack the “taxes to Caesar” showdown. A simple coin becomes a lesson in proportion and allegiance: what bears Caesar’s image can go back to Caesar, but what bears God’s image—people, conscience, devotion—belongs to God alone. That shift helps us engage civic life without making politics our religion. Then we turn to the woman caught in adultery, where a public spectacle dares Jesus to pick punishment or permissiveness. His answer—“Let the one without sin cast the first stone”—reframes justice as self-examination before accusation, exposing hypocrisy while honoring dignity and aiming for restoration.

Along the way, we offer practical tools you can use when conversations turn combative: ask better questions that surface values, refuse manufactured urgency, protect image-bearing people over talking points, and seek outcomes that heal rather than humiliate. If you’re tired of hot takes and hardened camps, this conversation will help you practice wisdom that is firm, compassionate, and unshakeably human. Subscribe, share with a friend who’s navigating tough conversations, and tell us: where do you need a third way right now?

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