EFR 750: Life Worth Living: How to Ask the Right Questions, Decipher the Role of Religious Traditions, and Act Out of Integrity with Matthew Croasmun
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Chase Chewning
5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
What should we hope for? How should we live? How do we flourish? Matthew Croasmun is here to respond to these and other questions and reflect on the different answers that have informed various faiths and cultures. He has led students through these findings in one of Yale University’s most popular courses and has recently written a book, Life Worth Living, to help you respond to these questions in the context of your own life... to live a life EVER FORWARD!
More about Matthew: Matt Croasmun is Associate Research Scholar and Director of the Life Worth Living Program at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture and Lecturer of Divinity & Humanities at Yale University.
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In this episode, you will learn...
- The Importance of Questions: Matthew emphasizes the role of questions in life's journey and self-discovery and he highlights that questions are not just about finding answers but also about stimulating thought and fostering curiosity.
- The Role of Religious Traditions: Matthew explains how religious traditions and their ancient wisdom can help individuals find purpose and authenticity in life.
- Community and Connection: The episode highlights the significance of community in our quest for a meaningful life. Matthew suggests that listening to others' stories, being curious about their experiences, and showing humility can help us understand our fellow humans better and find common ground.
- The Power of Humility, Courage, and Integrity: The podcast underscores the value of humility, courage, and integrity in living a meaningful life. It emphasizes that humility is the foundation for curiosity and learning, courage allows us to act on our beliefs and values, and integrity ensures that we stay true to ourselves and our principles.
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Episode resources:
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- Learn more about Life Worth Living
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is an operation podcast production. |
| 0:04.0 | Your life is too important to be guided by anything less than what matters most. |
| 0:14.0 | It kind of feels like what have I been doing with my life, what do I believe in, |
| 0:18.0 | I didn't know that I was saying yes to these things, no to these things, |
| 0:21.0 | what is the meaning of life from here, so it's not even just, oh I'm curious about keeping |
| 0:26.5 | and maintaining meaning in my life, it's that up until now I didn't even know what life I was living. I think certainly many religious traditions would want to suggest to us that the sort of discovery of true life, of the good life, |
| 0:46.7 | a flourishing life does have something to do with what's been deeply implanted within us. |
| 0:52.2 | But I think a lot of religious traditions would also want to suggest that |
| 0:55.3 | flourishing life has to do with decentering ourselves and maybe it's not just about my desires, |
| 1:02.1 | even my deepest and truest most carefully sort of discerned desires. |
| 1:06.3 | Maybe there's something in the sort of capital O outside, God, the universe, whatever it might be. |
| 1:12.8 | Hi, I'm Matt Krosman from the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. |
| 1:17.2 | This is Ever Forward Radio. |
| 1:19.2 | Quick announcement here from me, your host, Chase Chuning, and what I do behind the scenes, a little |
| 1:25.2 | extension of the podcast. |
| 1:26.8 | Since 2018, I've been running a small group coaching program called the Ever Forward Mentorship, |
| 1:31.4 | and we are gearing up to open up enrollment for the |
| 1:33.6 | 2024 round. If you are here listening to this message right now this means a few |
| 1:37.9 | things probably have already happened or you're in the process of making them |
| 1:41.4 | happen. You realize that you want more out of life, a true sense of fulfillment. You want to be personally and professionally better, more efficient and effective. You seek to empower yourself and more importantly those around you. You believe that high performance results come from high performance habits. |
| 1:58.0 | In the mentorship, we will develop a plan around what you need to be successful, what you want to happen most in your life, |
| 2:04.7 | all the while fostering a community of growth with other like-minded people. |
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