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Are you feeling lonely and disconnected? We live in an increasingly isolated world. How can we reconnect?

Todd Hall is Professor of Psychology at Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University in the States where he teaches courses on the integration of psychology and theology.  He is a faculty affiliate at the Harvard Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and a founding partner at Flourishing Metrics.

Todd’s new IVP America book is ‘The Connected Life – The Art and Science of Relational Spirituality’.

• (1:04) The importance of connection for all of us;
• (2:10) A disconnection with others leads to a disconnection with God;
• (3:36) The 1970’s and social disconnection;
• (5:30) A rise in despair and disconnectedness;
• (6:50) The decline of community involvement in the States;
• (8:00) Our culture struggles with pain;
• (10:00) How Todd discovered the power of relationships;
• (11:05) The ways connection and relationships heal;
• (12:20) Isolation due to the pandemic.  How do we become reconnected?
• (14:05) How do we grow spiritually in community?
• (16:10) The importance of story.  How we tell our story;
• (19:30) Why we need to suffer well;
• (21:00) How we can build better Christian communities. 

Links mentioned in this episode:

IV Press

Todd W. Hall website

Todd W. Hall 'The Connected Life'

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