S2 E31: Rob Bell: Life, Death, and a Little Bit of Everything

Liminal Living

English - November 15, 2023 13:06 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Previous Episode: S2 E30: Keith Giles: Deconstruction is the Revival you Prayed For

Next Episode: S2 E32: Scot McKnight: Revelation, End Times, and Christian Nationalism

Today on the podcast I have the wonderful privilege of talking with Rob Bell about his new book, Where'd You Park Your Spaceship? We meander in conversation from topics like grief, surfing, death, life, resurrection, hope, dreams, and as the title suggests, a little bit of everything.

You can find Rob's work here: www.Robbell.com

Time Stamps for this episode:

1:58 Introductions

5:38 Graduating into new seasons of life

10:08 Saying "yes" to life and befriending death

16:23 Intellectual frames don't define reality

22:32 The accumulation of un-grieved grief

27:57 Learning to be human again through grief

34:14 Accepting mortality brings resurrection

41:27 Identity working itself out in writing

47:55 Two halves of Life in narrative

53:59 Heaven and Hell and Reality

1:00:15 En-fleshing ideas in humanity

1:06:38 "The News" and finding hope

1:12:38 We create the world we inhabit, we can uncreate it

1:18:04 Conclusion

All music in this episode is provided by Axeltree .

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