109: Rainn Wilson: Dwight Schrute Talks About Religion

No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp

Lee Camp

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 555 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica… and spirituality? Rainn Wilson is known for playing beloved misfit, paper salesman, and beet farmer Dwight Schrute on the hit TV show The Office. But in Hollywood, he’s known for being a bit of a misfit in another way… he frequently talks about religion in public. Recently, he wrote a book called 'Soul Boom' in which he calls for a spiritual revolution. “We've thrown the spiritual baby out with the religious bathwater,” he says, “but spiritual ideas helped transform my life and made my life better, and the stakes have never been higher.” In this episode, he discusses his upbringing in the Bahá'í faith, how his career as an actor and comedian in Hollywood took a dire toll on his mental health, and how a return to spirituality gave him the tools to begin living a happy, flourishing life. Show Notes: Similar episodes Actor and Activist: Martin Sheen The Road to Character: David Brooks Resources mentioned this episode Soul Boom by Rainn Wilson Laughing Matters Documentary PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes Transcription Link Subscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Stitcher | Google | YouTube Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube Follow Lee: Instagram | Twitter Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com Become a Member: Virtual Only | Standard | Premium See Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy Shop No Small Endeavor Merch: Scandalous Witness Course | Scandalous Witness Book | Joy & the Good Life Course Amazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, friends, Annie F Downs here. If you've ever felt overwhelmed, distracted, or unsure where to
0:05.7	begin when it comes to reading scripture, I want to invite you to read the Gospels with me every
0:10.3	month. That's Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Every day on the Let's Read the Gospels podcast
0:15.8	is an invitation to slow down and spend intentional time with Jesus through Scripture.
0:21.3	I started reading through the Gospels in a month because I kept trying to read the whole Bible
0:25.3	in a year and would find myself getting behind and getting frustrated.
0:28.8	So I asked myself, what if I just started with the Gospels?
0:32.2	And it turns out I kept wanting to read them over and over, and it has changed my life.
0:37.6	If you do three chapters a day for 30 days, you get all four books read in a month, and we've
0:42.4	been doing that on the Let's Read the Gospels podcast for years now.
0:46.7	Every day on the Let's Read the Gospels podcast, we read three chapters, and then I end
0:51.5	with a prayer.
0:52.3	That's it.
0:52.8	It's simple, and each episode is around 15 minutes
0:55.5	of your day. Every month, we read a different version of the four Gospels and in different
1:00.4	order, so you can scroll back and pick your favorite, or you can just hit play on today's
1:04.8	episode and listen along with the version we've chosen for that month. I say it often because
1:10.2	I believe it. You don't have to
1:11.7	be in the Gospels every day to be changed, but every day you're in the Gospels will change you.
1:17.2	Subscribe today to the Let's Read the Gospels podcast and let's spend a month together reading about
1:21.8	Jesus's life and ministry on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals,
1:28.2	and the miracles.
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