How do you become truly loving? Father Greg Boyle teaches us to go to the margins. “You don't go to the margins to make a difference. You go so the folks at the margins make you different.”

In the 80s and 90s, the city of Los Angeles was ravaged by what is now known as the "decade of death," a period of unprecedented gang violence, peaking at 1000 killings in 1992 alone. It was in the midst of this that Greg Boyle became pastor of the poorest Catholic parish in the city, in order to live and work amongst gang members.

He started Homeboy Industries, now the largest gang-member rehabilitation program in the world. In this episode, he tells some breathtaking stories, offering wisdom from a life lived in community with those who society neglects.

Show Notes

Resources mentioned this episode:

"Cherished Belonging" by Greg Boyle

"Tattoos on the Heart" by Greg Boyle

"Barking to the Choir" by Greg Boyle

Homeboy Industries

Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:

John Dear: Taking the Beatitudes Seriously

Curt Thompson: The Power of Being Known

Pádraig Ó Tuama: The Facts of Life

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This is our unabridged interview with Meghan O’Gieblyn.

Are robots going to destroy humanity?

Thanks to the rise and implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the common sci-fi trope of a machine-perpetuated apocalypse has taken on a new gravity in recent days. But is Chat GPT really going to rebel against humans, or even change things very much at all?

“We're at the point where we do have technologies that are incredibly powerful,” says writer and commentator Meghan O’Gieblyn. “They're able to do things that they weren't programmed to do.”

In this episode, Meghan discusses AI in great detail, and lays out what she believes to be the social, political, ethical, and even theological issues at stake as humanity learns to live with new technology.

Show Notes

Resources:

Meghan’s Website

'God, Human, Animal, Machine' by Meghan O’Gieblyn

Similar NSE Episodes:

The Price of the Pursuit of Pleasure: Anna Lembke

The Most Polarized Issue in the United States: Katharine Hayhoe

Beyond Fake News: Justin McBrayer

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Are robots going to destroy humanity?

Thanks to the rise and implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the common sci-fi trope of a machine-perpetuated apocalypse has taken on a new gravity in recent days. But is Chat GPT really going to rebel against humans, or even change things very much at all?

“We're at the point where we do have technologies that are incredibly powerful,” says writer and commentator Meghan O’Gieblyn. “They're able to do things that they weren't programmed to do.”

In this episode, Meghan discusses AI in great detail, and lays out what she believes to be the social, political, ethical, and even theological issues at stake as humanity learns to live with new technology.

Show Notes

Resources mentioned this episode:

Meghan’s Website

'God, Human, Animal, Machine' by Meghan O’Gieblyn

Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:

The Price of the Pursuit of Pleasure: Anna Lembke

The Most Polarized Issue in the United States: Katharine Hayhoe

Beyond Fake News: Justin McBrayer

PDF of Lee's Interview Notes

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This is our unabridged interview with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.

How can you respond to climate change with joy?

Those two words—climate change—can fill us with a sense of dread, anxiety, and doom. Those advocating action are often fueled by a sense of breakneck urgency. But for many, such an outlook isn’t motivating. It’s paralyzing. But what if there was another way filled with joy and satisfaction?

“This is the work of our lifetime,” says Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, “so why don't we find ways to make it delightful?” In this episode, she explains why the climate crisis is no less dire than the news makes it seem, but why climate activism must be done with hope and joy to be sustainable.

Show Notes

Resources mentioned this episode:

"What If We Get It Right" by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

GetItRight.Earth

Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:

Debra Reinstra: Healing the Earth

Bill McKibben: The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon

Katharine Hayhoe: The Most Polarized Issue in the United States

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How can you respond to climate change with joy?

Those two words—climate change—can fill us with a sense of dread, anxiety, and doom. Those advocating action are often fueled by a sense of breakneck urgency. But for many, such an outlook isn’t motivating. It’s paralyzing. But what if there was another way filled with joy and satisfaction?

“This is the work of our lifetime,” says Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, “so why don't we find ways to make it delightful?” In this episode, she explains why the climate crisis is no less dire than the news makes it seem, but why climate activism must be done with hope and joy to be sustainable.

Show Notes

Resources mentioned this episode:

"What If We Get It Right" by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

GetItRight.Earth

Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:

Debra Reinstra: Healing the Earth

Bill McKibben: The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon

Katharine Hayhoe: The Most Polarized Issue in the United States

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Transcription Link

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This is our unabridged interview with Edith Hall.

What if you’re wrong about what it means to be happy?

In spite of unprecedented access to things that give pleasure - buy this pill, eat this food, go on this trip - mental health issues are increasing globally at an astonishing rate. It’s clear that the modern idea of happiness is lacking something.

In this episode, Edith Hall offers an ancient definition of happiness from Aristotle that might just be the solution to our crisis of despair. “It’s a way of life, it's not a psychological state,” she says. “To live well…submit yourself to your own best self, and don't let transient temptations derail you.”

Show Notes:

Resources mentioned this episode:

Aristotle’s Way by Edith Hall

Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:

Jeffrey Rosen: The Pursuit of Happiness

Meghan Sullivan: What It Takes to Live a Good Life

Gretchen Rubin: The Happiness Project

Rebecca DeYoung: The Seven Deadly Sins

Dacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your Life

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

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What if you’re wrong about what it means to be happy?

In spite of unprecedented access to things that give pleasure - buy this pill, eat this food, go on this trip - mental health issues are increasing globally at an astonishing rate. It’s clear that the modern idea of happiness is lacking something.

In this episode, Edith Hall offers an ancient definition of happiness from Aristotle that might just be the solution to our crisis of despair. “It’s a way of life, it's not a psychological state,” she says. “To live well…submit yourself to your own best self, and don't let transient temptations derail you.”

Show Notes:

Resources mentioned this episode:

Aristotle’s Way by Edith Hall

Similar No Small Endeavor episodes:

Jeffrey Rosen: The Pursuit of Happiness

Meghan Sullivan: What It Takes to Live a Good Life

Gretchen Rubin: The Happiness Project

Rebecca DeYoung: The Seven Deadly Sins

Dacher Keltner: How Awe Will Transform Your Life

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Transcription Link

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This is our unabridged interview with Cyntoia Brown Long.

On August 7th, 2019, Cyntoia Brown Long was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women.

It was 13 years after she had been sentenced to life without parole for the murder of a man to whom she had been sex-trafficked.

In this special episode, Cyntoia tells an uncensored account of the great personal and systemic brokenness which led to her imprisonment, and the dramatic, at times hard-to-believe nature of the grace and providence which brought her to faith and ultimate release.

Please be advised this episode contains details upsetting to some listeners, including references to sexual assault and trafficking. Additional resources are available at NO MORE.

Show Notes

Resources mentioned:

"Free Cyntoia" by Cyntoia Brown Long

The JFAM Foundation

Similar NSE episodes:

Emi Nietfeld: Acceptance

Anthony Ray Hinton: An Innocent Man on Death Row

Greg Boyle: Homeboys, Delight, Gladness

Bill Haslam: Humility and the Art of Politics

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