Being and Becoming

Ian Wray joins the podcast today and discusses his travels around the world, his passion for Jesus, and valuable lessons he learned during his time as a youth pastor. Ian is currently working to complete his Masters in Theological Studies at The Belonging Co. Logan and Ian also discuss social media and its pervasive influence on individuals and culture.

Austin, Logan, and Pat let nostalgia drive the conversation today as they recollect their high school experiences. The trio then offers advice to their younger selves. Picture credit: Moonlight Photography (link to website below) https://www.photosbymoonlight.com/?fbclid=IwAR2C5sSD4aOot_iahomAmLWXwh6ofl3fl7cZUrf72WQ1n23OTSq7C288R-k

Pat, Austin, and Logan return to their Book Club discussion as we converse about chapter 11: Do Not Bother Children When They Are Skateboarding from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. The topics we cover include (but are not limited to) skate parks and playgrounds, safety and danger, aggression, Nietzsche's thoughts on resentment, Jung on the “shadow self,” the “fl...

We complete our two part series with our first guest on Shooting The Breeze: Ryan Schwartz. Ryan joins Logan, Austin, and Pat as they converse about religion (Eastern religions and Christianity), seminary, deconstruction, the importance of belonging, Nihilism, and belief structures.

Kim Townsend, CEO of the Anderson Housing Authority, joins Logan in a conversation about community development, volunteer trends, youth behavior, planning for the future, beautification, and housing. Kim previously worked for the city of Anderson for nearly 20 years and was instrumental in building bridges between people from different backgrounds. We do apologize for the quality of the video reco...

Today we are joined by our first guest on Shooting The Breeze: Ryan Schwartz! Ryan studied Bible and Religion at Anderson University where he also attended seminary. Logan, Austin, and Pat are joined by Ryan in conversation to discuss topics including Nihilism, Post Modernism, absolute truth, interpretation, suffering, meaning, and being open minded. This is part one of a two part discussion. We h...

We discuss chapter 10: Be Precise In Your Speech from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. The topics we talk about include perception, the complexity of the world, purpose (the importance of having an aim), speech, the Enlightenment, Nihilism, the chaos of the desert, fasting, ignored reality, sins of omission, when it is necessary to have conflict, dragons, behavior of...

Pat, Austin, and Logan shoot the breeze about American church structures, Austin then shares insight on duty and belonging, and we end by discussing our opinions on Christian worship music.

The conversation you are about to hear is centered around an anecdote from chapter 9: Assume That The Person You Are Listening To Might Know Something You Don’t from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. The aforementioned anecdote involves a woman from Peterson's clinical practice who was seeking help in making sense of the experiences in her life. Pat, Austin, and L...

We discuss chapter 9: Assume That The Person You Are Listening To Might Know Something You Don’t from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. Pat, Austin, and Logan converse about advice, thinking, ideas, being a good listener, Carl Rogers and the Rogerian Method, Socrates, the importance of community, and mutual exploration. Pat wonders about the effects of great music, Lo...

Logan, Austin, and Pat shoot the breeze today. Austin shares an accomplishment while we discuss working out and trying to be healthy. We then talk about how today is a gift and we end the conversation with thoughts about the transitions we are going through in life right now. Pat may or may not share some thoughts on Texas at the end.

We discuss chapter 8: Tell The Truth - Or, At Least, Don’t Lie from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. Logan, Austin, and Pat team up to tackle concepts including “life lies,” safety and the corporate state, totalitarianism, agreeableness, sacrifice, error, reason, resentment, Satan and the Garden of Eden, vision, and social justice. Austin sings Bob Dylan, Pat shares...

Makenzie Arvidson is passionate about psychology and is currently working on her Masters degree at Miami University (Oxford). Today Logan and Makenzie discuss how she became interested in psychology as a field of study, her unique job experience in the field, behavioral tools, Christianity (and how it relates to psychology), mental health, the mind and its complexities, family dynamics, resiliency...

Logan shares a quick update about future releases.

We discuss chapter 7: Pursue What Is Meaningful (Not What Is Expedient) from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. This chapter was both Austin and Pat’s favorite so we hope you enjoy our conversation. The topics and notable ideas we cover include Sigmund Freud, pleasure, motivation, Socrates, sacrifice, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Carl Jung, freedom, Abraham and Isaac,...

We discuss chapter 6: Set Your House In Perfect Order Before You Criticize The World from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. Logan, Austin, and Pat converse about anxiety, pain, vengeance, justice, anger, violence, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Cain and Abel, and a great perspective from the Old Testament. Pat shares a tragic personal story, Austin emphasizes the importance...

We discuss chapter 5: Do Not Let Your Children Do Anything That Makes You Dislike Them from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. Pat, Austin, and Logan contemplate parenting, childhood, discipline, punishment, prison, criminal justice, responsible sex, revolution, and peace.  Pat argues that childhood can inform our understanding of parenting (even if we are not cur...

Steve Sparks joins Logan for a conversation about Christianity, addiction, recovery, self-induced suffering, sobriety, deliverance, and the power of God intervening in dismal circumstances. Steve wonderfully embodies servant leadership with 18 years of assisting people struggling through difficult crises. He shares wisdom from his experiences working at homeless shelters, pastoring a church, and h...

We conclude our discussion on chapter 4: Compare Yourself To Who You Were Yesterday, Not To Who Someone Else Is Today from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. There were many references to the Old Testament, New Testament and Christianity in this chapter so Pat, Austin, and Logan speak to this subject matter exclusively in this episode. The conversation includes differe...

We discuss chapter 4: Compare Yourself To Who You Were Yesterday, Not To Who Someone Else Is Today from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. Austin, Pat and Logan try to have a meaningful conversation about people at the bottom of hierarchies, measuring wellbeing across multiple domains, the perception of self, our internal critical voice, how agreeable people need to sp...

We discuss chapter 3: Make Friends With People Who Want The Best For You from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. Austin, Logan and Pat reminisce on their high school experiences today while also conversing about nostalgia, Kairos moments, Nihilism, growing apart from friends, sacrificing the present for the future, our responsibility to help our neighbors and friends,...

James E. Sedlacek generously discusses his newly released book, The Verbal Aspect Integral to the Perfect and Pluperfect Tense-Forms in the Pauline Corpus, which details the verbal aspect of the Greek Perfect tense. He writes about how this tense encompasses events and states of being in Greek. James informs us on the different perspectives and interpretations on the Greek Perfect tense as well as...

We discuss chapter 2: Treat Yourself Like Someone You Are Responsible For Helping from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. Pat joins Austin and Logan for the Book Club today and our conversation includes pets, Adam and Eve, self-care, pain, the power of stories, volunteering in churches, journeying into the unknown, Abraham and Isaac, Taoism, more chaos and order conver...

Thank you for tuning into our Shooting The Breeze segment. We discuss the other 2 segments of the show that debuted earlier this week. Austin reminisces the hike he took with his wife on the PCT, Pat voices his thoughts on sleep + dreams + de ja vu, we then talk about wrestling with our high school friends, and we try to remember how many holes we collectively made in walls while wrestling. Stay t...

Thank you for tuning in to our Book Club. Today we discuss chapter 1: Stand Up Straight With Your Shoulders Back from 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote For Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson. Our conversation includes lobsters, hierarchies, order and chaos, anxiety, bullying and, last but not least, physical posture. Austin and I try to grapple with the content in this first as best we can. Please let us kn...