Rushing for Relief: A Conversation with John Eldredge

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

4.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A lost train of thought, a lost sense of motivation, a lost temper… these are just some of the things we may have lost as a result of the personal and global trauma of the pandemic. As restrictions have lifted, many of us are rushing for relief, finding comfort in the things we lost like dining out, going to concerts, and taking vacations. While there’s nothing wrong with enjoying these activities, we may be using them as quick fixes to soothe the pain and isolation experienced over the past two years.

Our guest this week, John Eldredge, has written about the need for acknowledging the trauma from the COVID-19 pandemic in his latest book, “Resilient: Restoring Your Weary Soul in These Turbulent Times.” In this conversation with Dr. Dan Allender, John points out the warning signs of post-pandemic weariness while also pointing to the resilient human spirit and the hope we have in God.

We invite you to slow your pace for the next half hour or so to thoughtfully consider this conversation with us.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.
0:06.7	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
0:08.7	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centen.
0:10.5	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
0:14.7	And restoration for the heart.
0:17.2	Thank you for joining us.
0:18.5	Let's get this conversation started.
0:28.8	Thank you for joining us. Let's get this conversation started. Folks, this is one of the great joys and privileges to have one of my dearest friends on the earth join us today.
0:38.8	John Eldridge. John, welcome to a conversation about your new book, Resilient.
0:43.8	No, thanks, Dan.
0:46.3	I'm actually really looking forward to this conversation with you in such a formal setting as a podcast.
0:53.3	Yeah, come on.
0:54.2	We've had, shall we say, multiple conversations actually about the book and about the material
0:59.1	in the book for quite a while.
1:01.3	But yeah, formal.
1:02.6	And I also have to admit that if you hear a little bit of what could be called a chainsaw
1:09.3	in the backdrop, I'm actually cutting a tree down
1:12.8	while we're doing this. Putting away firewood for the winter, Dan? Yeah, yeah. I mean, people who know
1:20.2	me know that I often just pull out my, I even forget the name of it. What's the saw again called?
1:31.0	A chainsaw. Yeah. So actually,
1:37.2	it's being cut in my yard and there's something I can do about it. So if it's disturbing,
1:44.0	please just view it as, I think you use the word texture and the backdrop. Kind of a realistic experience of there are noises in this world, which we're going
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