{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 157 | Thinking Twice, with Jen Pollock Michel","description":"For all the thinking we do, we usually don\u2019t think twice about the preconceived notions we use to keep life simple. We like to place ideas into categories and give everyone a label according to their personality type or their social leanings. It\u2019s a sort of shorthand, relieving us of the effort it takes to explore other people or ideas in full. It\u2019s easier to apply the categories we\u2019ve already figured out to make sense of every mystery or unknown. While it may be easier, such rigid thinking can trivialize the important. In this episode of Persuasion, Erin Straza and Hannah Anderson continue their Ready, Set, Think! series by inviting Jen Pollock Michel to the conversation. Together, they explore the benefits of thinking twice about issues and ideas that deserve a second thought. Jen defines today\u2019s context as an \u201cEither-Or World,\u201d one in which we run to the extremes and look for security in certitude. Try as we may, it\u2019s impossible to eliminate the gray areas of daily life! Faith is required. Referencing her forthcoming book, Surprised by Paradox: The Promise of \u201cAnd\u201d in an Either-Or World (May 2019, InterVarsity Press), Jen explains the beauty and wonder of paradox in the life of a Christian and how its embrace allows us to be at rest in a tumultuous age. Because the way we think affects how we engage with our neighbors and cultivate grace in the world, it\u2019s crucial to think twice about how we think in order to grow and bear hope to a desperate world. ","author_name":"Persuasion","author_url":"http:\/\/persuasioncapc.libsyn.com\/website","html":"