In which Sarah, RJ, and Dave talk spite, ubiquitous burnout, chaplaincy booms, and our conflicted relationship with newness. Also, Dave marvels at how refreshed the cicadas are looking.
Click here (https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/05/why-are-we-so-spiteful/618865/) to read Charlie Tyson's review in The Atlantic on Why Are We So Spiteful?
Click here (https://vimeo.com/553832309) to watch Todd Brewer's talk on Anger ("If Jesus Had a Twitter Account") from our Tyler Conference.
Click here (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/24/burnout-modern-affliction-or-human-condition) to read Jill Lepore's essay on Burnout in The New Yorker
Click here (https://www.thecut.com/2021/05/quitting-your-job-as-self-care.html) to read Katie Heaney's piece on The Clock-Out Cure in The Cut
Click here (https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/epnd8e/why-chaplains-are-in-high-demand-in-an-increasingly-secular-america) to read Vice's article on Why Chaplains Are in High Demand in an Increasingly Secular America
Click here (https://mbird.com/2021/05/facing-the-strange/) to read Sam Bush's post on Facing the Strange
Click here (https://mbird.com/2021/05/god-loves-a-cliche-i-hope/) to read Dave's post on Becoming a Cliché
Recommendations:
* Click here (https://amzn.to/3yA8Z0o) to order Spencer Reece's All the Beauty Still Left
* Click here (https://open.spotify.com/album/1sp2pqP1wjFDoWhzUZikhg?si=bSLwQv1fQvSQjSq_4qU6Bw) to listen to Natalie Bergman's new album Mercy
* Click here (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/arts/music/sinead-oconnor-rememberings.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab) to read the profile of Sinead O'Connor in the NY Times