Sam Collier, Confronting the Past and Shaping the Future
The Going Scared Podcast with Jessica Honegger
Jessica Honegger
5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week we're launching a brand-new series all about the Art of Difficult Dialogue. In the coming weeks, we're going deep into what it means to walk into times of disagreement and discomfort with an attitude of growth and a real desire to listen and learn.
There is no better guest to lead us off than Sam Collier – a speaker, writer, pastor, TV host and podcaster. Sam had one of the most epically difficult conversations ever after meeting his birth mom for the first time – and it was broadcasted on national television. He lived to tell the tale, writes about the experience in his new book, and will share a uniquely vulnerable conversation with Jessica about the lessons he's learned along the way.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome back to the Going Scared Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Join me here every week for conversations that encourage you to live a life of purpose |
| 0:09.0 | by leaving comfort and going scared. |
| 0:12.3 | I am so excited to be back here with you as we kick off a new |
| 0:16.5 | podcast series. In a season of high tensions, elections, an ongoing pandemic, let's face it. |
| 0:24.3 | We've been quick to judge, cancel each other, |
| 0:26.5 | and in many cases, we've lost opportunities |
| 0:29.2 | for understanding and connection |
| 0:31.0 | when confronted with people we don't agree with. |
| 0:34.0 | Learning to listen, really listen, is one of the most radical acts of love. |
| 0:39.0 | Do you need help in this area? |
| 0:41.0 | I know I am always looking to grow and how to listen and |
| 0:46.1 | and how to have difficult conversations, the kind of conversations where I open |
| 0:50.1 | myself up to feedback or conflict or setting boundaries or I'm simply able to say |
| 0:56.4 | what I believe with someone who may not believe the same things. |
| 1:01.3 | Learning how to have these conversations is the heart behind this new |
| 1:06.1 | series. Join me as we spend the coming weeks learning the art of difficult |
| 1:10.9 | dialogue. What does it look like to agree to disagree? Beyond |
| 1:16.0 | finding common ground I hope these coming episodes offer an opportunity for you to |
| 1:20.4 | see what lies on the other side of discomfort and disagreement and how important |
| 1:25.6 | is for us to really listen to each other. |
| 1:30.5 | To kick off this series, we are joined by Sam Collier. |
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