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Dementia: Living in the Memories of God (with John Swinton)

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News, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

51.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Host Curtis Chang engages in a profound and moving conversation with distinguished professor, pastor, and champion of Christian healthcare, John Swinton. Together, they delve into the theology of dementia care, exploring the spiritual dimensions of how God treasures all of His created beings, regardless of their cognitive abilities. Professor Swinton sheds light on the sacred act of caring for those afflicted with dementia and points listeners to the profound truth that God remembers His people, even when their remembrances of this life and His love wane.

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0:00.0

Hi everyone this is Curtis and I've been reading your podcast reviews at the end of each

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good faith episode and I'm going to continue doing that so really keep them coming but I thought I'd

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mix in some amazing comments that we at Redeeming Babble have received about the

0:15.4

after party. That's our project that's helping Christians move towards better

0:20.3

Christian politics where we're centered on Jesus in our relationships, not on

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partisan animosity. So to kick off what we're calling tales from the after party, here's a really

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encouraging note I recently received.

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This user writes,

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My husband and I see things differently.

0:39.6

We went through the After Party course together,

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just the two of us, and had some honest, helpful reflection

0:45.5

and conversation and even times of confession about where and how we've been wrong about ourselves and what we've assumed of the other, I am

0:55.2

praying that we can do politics better for the long term. Wow that is exactly

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what we hope for all users of the after party healing in our

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relationships for the long term centered on Jesus over toxic partisanship.

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So if you want to give the after party course a try,

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or bring it to your church.

1:19.9

Just follow the link in our show notes. Welcome to the Good Faith Podcast. I'm your host Curtis Chang. And the Good Faith Podcast is where friends who follow Jesus help each other make sense of the world.

1:52.0

But what happens when the world stops making sense for our loved

1:57.3

ones? How do we make sense of dementia? Dementia affects one in ten Americans over 65 so chances are we all already

2:06.0

know or will know someone close to us who suffers this condition. So how do we

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