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Trinity Forum Conversations

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  • Trinity Forum Conversations is a podcast exploring the big questions in life by looking to the best of the Christian intellectual tradition and elevating the voices, both ancient and modern, who grapple with these questions and direct our hearts to the Author of the answers. We invite you to join us in one of the great joys of life: a conversation among friends on the things that matter most.
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  • Redeeming Power with Diane Langberg

    Redeeming Power with Diane Langberg
    Mar 21 2023

    Redeeming Power with Diane Langberg


    Psychologist and author Dr. Diane Langberg joins our podcast to discuss the themes in her book, Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church. Dr. Langberg who has been working with survivors of trauma and abuse, clergy, and caregivers for almost 50 years, desires to increase awareness and understanding of power and its abuse so those who have been abandoned by broken systems of power can be defended and protected.

    Defending dysfunctional and abusive systems

    "When we think about a system of any kind, whether it's a government or some kind of organization, or the church, which is a system, it's people standing together usually for a particular goal or purpose or whatever.And so what the people want to do is maintain the system because of what it gives them. So if you come along and say, the person who's running that system is a wolf and is devouring the sheep, nobody wants to hear that. Because if that's the case, then the thing that they believe in that keeps them safe isn't safe. That's terrifying." - Diane Langberg

    In this conversation Dr. Langberg discusses the purposes, dynamics, systems, and proper place of power, as well as the ways in which it can deform and distort, noting that “our responses to the vulnerable expose who we are.”

    And she noted that while “much of Christendom today seems less interested in seeing as Jesus saw…and far more interested in gaining power,” there is also the invitation and opportunity before us to “cross divides, step out of high positions, and reach out with love to those who are vulnerable, whose power is little or trampled, bestowing benedictions as we go.” We trust you’ll find this conversation inspiring and hopeful.

    This podcast is an edited version of our Online Conversation from July 2021. You can access the full conversation with transcript here.

    Learn more about Diane Langberg.


    Authors and books mentioned in the conversation:

    George Herbert


    Related Trinity Forum Readings:

    Crisis-Ready Leadership Collection


    Related Conversations:

    Leadership in Tumultuous Times with Ron C. White
    Lincoln in Private with Ron C. White
    Crisis Ready Leadership


    To listen to this or any of our episodes in full, visit ttf.org/podcast and to join the Trinity Forum Society and help make content like this possible, join the Trinity Forum Society


    Special thanks to Ned Bustard for our podcast artwork.
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    30 mins
  • Crisis Ready Leadership

    Crisis Ready Leadership
    Mar 7 2023
    Crisis Ready Leadership with Justin Giboney, Russell Moore, Shirley Hoogstra, Walter KimWhat does it take to listen, respond, learn, and lead? How do leaders prepare for the unexpected and unpredictable?In this episode Shirley Hoogstra, Russell Moore, Justin Giboney and Walter Kim consider the historic values of leadership, share lessons learned from their own lives, and provide encouragement for leaders today.How to Speak in a CrisisReflecting on the temptation to tell people what they want to hear, Russell Moore encourages leaders to consider long-term credibility and speaking the truth:“I think one of the most dangerous things that can possibly happen is if people don't believe that you believe what it is that you're saying. And that's a tendency…to think, well, what would people want me to say? And I will say that. And that can make things easy for the moment, but long term, you're not going to be believed by the very people who need you to lead.” - Russell MooreFaithfulness vs. PerfectionShirley Hoogstra shared about the freedom that comes with being “roughly ready” in a crisis, and in casting our fears and anxieties on God:“In this time of fear, Christians actually have the advantage because the Bible speaks about fear. It speaks about “don't be afraid,” “don't be  anxious,” not because you've got the willpower to do it, but because you can bring your anxiety and your fear to God.“And I'm sure with the other leaders on this call, you've woken up in the middle of the night and you've wondered about decisions or actions that you have to take, and then you say, ‘Lord, I just have to give it over to you. You have it. I don't have to have it. You are the engine. I'm not the engine. And you'll gimme a redo loop if I get it wrong.’ It is not perfection, it's faithfulness.”This podcast offers a wealth of wisdom on leading through crisis, and is an edited version of our Online Conversation from June 2020. You can access the full conversation with transcript here.Learn more about Justin Gibony, Russell Moore, Shirley Hoogstra, and Walter Kim.Authors and books mentioned in the conversation:Max De PreeSeth GodinLearning in Wartime, by C.S. LewisGood to Great, by Jim CollinsBishop Claude AlexanderDr. Charlie DayEsau McCauleyAndy CrouchA Rule of Life, by Praxis LabsThe Dip, by Seth GodinEugene PetersonYour Labor is not in VainLeadership on the Line, by Martin Linsky and Ronald A. HeifetzRelated Trinity Forum Readings:Crisis-Ready Leadership CollectionRelated Conversations:Leadership in Tumultuous Times with Ron C. WhiteLincoln in Private with Ron C. WhiteTo listen to this or any of our episodes in full, visit ttf.org/podcast and to join the Trinity Forum Society and help make content like this possible, join the Trinity Forum SocietySpecial thanks to Ned Bustard for our podcast artwork.
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    43 mins
  • Lincoln in Private: Leadership Behind Closed Doors with Ron C. White

    Lincoln in Private: Leadership Behind Closed Doors with Ron C. White
    Feb 21 2023

    Lincoln in Private: Leadership Behind Closed Doors with Ron White


    Lincoln did not keep a diary but he developed the habit of writing reflections and ruminations on little slips of paper. These notes, which Lincoln never intended for anyone to see, help us understand the depth of Lincoln’s character and thinking and introduce us to the private Lincoln behind the public Lincoln.


    In his new work Lincoln in Private, renowned historian and biographer Ronald C. White takes the reader through a tour of Abraham Lincoln’s private notes that illustrate the ways in which he struggled with the national, moral, and spiritual crises of his times, and reflected on the possibilities of God’s purposes during the Civil War. In doing so, White shows the struggles of leadership behind closed doors — and what can be learned from Lincoln’s example.

    At the end of the day, character does matter that policies are important, but policies will come and go. Character is what is lasting and over the long haul, whoever the person is. We don't need to think even simply of political figures. Leaders in business, lawyers, teachers, presidents of colleges or universities, character is what will endure or what will actually cause a person to fall.

    Whether we know it or not, whether we talk about it or not. Character might sound like an old-fashioned word, but I think it's the underlying definition of who leaders are. - Ron C. White

    This podcast is an edited version of our Online Conversation from May 2021. You can access the full conversation with transcript here.


    Learn more about Ron White.


    Related Trinity Forum Readings:

    Abraham Lincoln: the Spiritual Growth of a Public Man
    The Great Lives Collection 


    Related Conversations:

    Leadership in Tumultuous Times with Ron C. White


    To listen to this or any of our episodes in full, visit ttf.org/podcast and to join the Trinity Forum Society and help make content like this possible, join the Trinity Forum Society


    Special thanks to Ned Bustard for our podcast artwork.
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    28 mins
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