Persuasion 229 | What We Make of It All, with Karen Swallow Prior

We have a guest for our Frankenstein finale!

Persuasion 228 | What We Make of Destiny

If the will of God is certain, do our daily actions matter? Erin and Hannah explore the role of destiny and free will in this episode of Persuasion.

Persuasion 227 | What We Make of Our Mistakes

Erin and Hannah explore various ways we respond to our own mistakes and failures.

Persuasion 226 | What We Make of Our Stories

What stories do we tell others about ourselves? What stories do we inherit? Erin and Hannah discuss in this episode of their fall series.

Persuasion 225 | What We Make of Others

We cannot escape our connections to others and the way these connections shape who we are and who we will become.

Persuasion 224 | What We Make of Our Suffering

How we react to suffering—our own and others’—reveals much about what we truly believe.

Persuasion 223 | What We Make of Our Time

Ambition sways and fools us into believing that our motives for success are pure.

Persuasion 221 | Imposter Syndrome (but with books)

If you’ve ever felt like an imposter when it comes to be well-read, this conversation is for you.

Persuasion 220 | Rebuilding Community, with Adam Gustine

Erin and Hannah invite Adam Gustine to help us learn how to show up in our communities in ways that expand the common good.

Persuasion 219 | Real Conversations, with Rebecca McLaughlin

Erin and Hannah invite Rebecca McLaughlin to help us learn how to show up in conversations despite our differences.

Persuasion 218 | Real Relationships, with Rachel Pieh Jones

Erin and Hannah invite Rachel Pieh Jones to help us learn how to show up in real relationship despite our differences.

Persuasion 217 | Showing Up Again

We’re heading back to the office, back to school, back to our faith communities. But after a year away, are we ready to show up?

Persuasion 216 | Nature Is Healing

What’s the point of pursuing healing when it doesn’t seem to last? Erin and Hannah discuss in the finale to the Finding Common Ground series.

Persuasion 215 | Sustainable Living

Do we bother making plans when they are likely to get turned inside out anyhow? Do we let chaos reign and become accustomed to the wild ride of life?

Persuasion 214 | Interlude

We’re taking a brief Interlude from our larger series, Finding Common Ground, and Hannah reads an excerpt from her recently released book.

Persuasion 213 | Survival Instinct

What can the rule of adaptation teach us about each other? Erin and Hannah continue their Finding Common Ground series with a discussion about our shared survival instinct.