You don’t believe someone because you don’t have enough doubt. You believe them because you don’t feel the doubts are enough. -Malcom Gladwell
As a society, we couldn’t exist if we were suspicious of everybody all the time. So we default to believing the best about others, even when we shouldn’t. This conversation with pastor and church planter Lisa Clements* is inspired by Talking to Strangers: What You Should Know about the People You Don’t Know by Malcom Gladwell. Lisa talks about leaning into the Holy Spirit and asking the “next question” when we have a hunch that something isn’t quite right. Will we have the courage to let things get uncomfortable for the sake of the greater good? She also has some interesting things to say about navigating the vestiges of the Billy Graham rule and whether or not Christians should be reading banned books.
Resources Mentioned & Affiliate Links:*
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Trixie Belden (Book 1) by Julie Campbell
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
Talking to Strangers: What You Should Know about the People You Don’t Know by Malcom Gladwell
Influence Podcast with Dr. JoAnn Butrin: “Normalize Men and Women Working Together.”
Better Together: How Men and Women Can Heal the Divide and Work Together to Transform the Future by Danielle Strickland
Chi Alpha/Christianity Today article
*Follow Lisa’s ministry at North Dallas Assembly.
YPRB host Heather Weber is a book-obsessed pastor, author, and holistic life and leadership coach. She is the author of Dear Boy,: An Epistolary Memoir. Find out more about her coaching, pastoral direction, and creative projects at www.heatherweber.org. And, subscribe to her Dear Exiles newsletter at heatherweber.substack.com.
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