The Long Game
Jon Ward
Categories: News & Politics
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Eliza Griswold's new book Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church is about a church in Philadelphia that was started by a couple who became dramatic converts to Christianity in the 1970's. They became Jesus people.
And unlike many others in that movement, they stayed pretty radical. Griswold's book tells the story of this couple's attempt to hand the church off to the next generation. It doesn't go well.
I thought the book was an example of something I’ve lived, experienced and observed: placing far too much hope in what a local church can do and provide.
Griswold is a contributing writing for The New Yorker and directs the Program in Journalism at Princeton University. Her 2018 book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America, won the Pulitzer Prize.
Previous episodes
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174 - Eliza Griswold's new book Circle of Hope is a cautionary tale about placing too much hope in your church Wed, 09 Oct 2024 - 0h
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173 - Major Garrett talks about Neil Postman's book "Amusing Ourselves to Death" Fri, 23 Aug 2024 - 0h
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172 - Moderates Keep Fighting & Don't Look for the Easy Way Out, with Aurelian Craiutu Tue, 30 Jul 2024 - 0h
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171 - Yuval Levin's "American Covenant" is a blueprint for peace-making and effective governance Thu, 06 Jun 2024 - 0h
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170 - Higher ed has lost sight of mission and purpose, John Inazu says Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 0h
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169 - We Are Not Powerless: American Politics is "Entirely Fixable" says Nick Troiano in his new book "The Primary Solution" Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 0h
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168 - What is a Christian politics? Michael Wear's new book argues it's mostly about who we are Mon, 05 Feb 2024 - 0h
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167 - David Leonhardt's book joins a chorus of warnings for the Democrats Sun, 10 Dec 2023 - 0h
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166 - Tim Alberta's new book portrays a tug of war for the soul of American Christianity Fri, 01 Dec 2023
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165 - BUILDERS Interview: Matt Murphy on how community & music help him fight the paralysis of our times Mon, 20 Nov 2023 - 0h
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164 - Where Have All the Democrats Gone? With Ruy Teixeira Mon, 30 Oct 2023 - 0h
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163 - Evolution denial is a bigger deal than I realized Sat, 21 Oct 2023 - 0h
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162 - BUILDER interview: Joel Searby on overcoming broken politics & hopelessness Sat, 07 Oct 2023 - 0h
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161 - Yascha Mounk's measured response to the "Great Awokening" Sat, 30 Sep 2023 - 0h
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160 - Talking to Shannon Harris about "The Woman They Wanted" Sat, 16 Sep 2023 - 0h
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159 - Andrew Whitehead argues against Christian empire with data and his own personal conviction in American Idolatry Sat, 02 Sep 2023 - 0h
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158 - Are We Really Stuck With Biden Vs Trump, Again? Sat, 19 Aug 2023
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157 - Karen Swallow Prior's "Evangelical Imagination" Describes a Culture in Crisis Sat, 05 Aug 2023 - 0h
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156 - How Russell Moore Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Apocalypse Sat, 22 Jul 2023 - 0h
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155 - John Blake was a "closeted biracial person" until he met his white mother Fri, 16 Jun 2023 - 0h
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154 - A New Book by Ben Terris Shows How Badly We've Misunderstood Power in the Age of Individualism Fri, 02 Jun 2023 - 0h
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153 - The Stanford Free Speech Incident with David Lat Fri, 31 Mar 2023 - 0h
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152 - Understanding the political radicalization of Charismatic Christians, with Matthew D. Taylor Fri, 17 Feb 2023
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151 - Sen. Chris Van Hollen on another debt ceiling crisis in Congress Mon, 30 Jan 2023 - 0h
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150 - Sara Billups wrote a book for disillusioned evangelicals who don't want to give up on their faith Thu, 19 Jan 2023 - 0h
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149 - Fixing Congress isn't a partisan idea. Quietly, a bipartisan group has been working on this. Tue, 17 Jan 2023 - 0h
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148 - Yuval Levin is back with an optimistic take about the lessons from Kevin McCarthy's agonizing fight to become Speaker Thu, 12 Jan 2023 - 0h
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147 - Congress is set to pass a compromise between gay rights and religious freedom, says Tim Schultz Mon, 28 Nov 2022 - 0h
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146 - Paul D. Miller untangles the confusion around Christian Nationalism Fri, 28 Oct 2022 - 0h
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145 - Bonnie Kristian's crucial new book on our knowledge crisis and our "screen-broken brains" Fri, 07 Oct 2022 - 0h
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144 - Deconstructing Christians who leave the faith are rejecting a "shadow" of the real faith, with James K.A. Smith Tue, 27 Sep 2022 - 0h
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143 - What is Christian Nationalism, and what is it not? With Philip S. Gorski, author of "The Flag and the Cross" Tue, 13 Sep 2022 - 0h
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10 - Steven Levitsky, author of "How Democracies Die" Tue, 03 Apr 2018 - 0h
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9 - What I'm Reading #2 - Dan Koch - "How to Think" by Alan Jacobs Fri, 30 Mar 2018 - 0h
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8 - Seth Masket Mon, 05 Mar 2018
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7 - What I'm Reading #1 - "12 Rules for Life" by Jordan Peterson Fri, 23 Feb 2018 - 0h
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6 - Norm Ornstein Fri, 12 Jan 2018
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5 - Elaine Kamarck Fri, 20 Oct 2017 - 0h
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4 - Jonathan Rauch Tue, 19 Sep 2017 - 0h
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3 - Jemar Tisby Mon, 14 Aug 2017 - 0h
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2 - Yuval Levin Thu, 20 Jul 2017 - 0h
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1 - The Origin Story Wed, 21 Jun 2017 - 0h