Episode 68: On Forgiveness w/Matthew Ichihashi Potts & Sophfronia Scott

Joel took over the host role for a vulnerable and thoughtful conversation on the topic of forgiveness with two first-time ERB guests. They discuss their personal narratives and experiences with forgiveness, the ways dominant cultural discussions of forgiveness can distort the concept, and what they are currently reading.Books Mentioned in this Episode:If you’d like to order any of the following books, we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger) Forgiveness: An Alternative Account by Matthew Ichihashi PottsCormac McCarthy and the Signs of Sacrament: Literature, Theology and the Moral of Stories by Matthew Ichihashi PottsThe Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton by Sophfronia ScottWild, Beautiful and Free: A Novel by Sophfronia ScottLove's Long Line (21st Century Essays) by Sophfronia ScottThe Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas MertonThe Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace by John Paul LederachThe Wisdom Way of Knowing: Reclaiming an Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart by Cynthia BourgealtMoral Failure: On the Impossible Demands of Morality by Lisa TessmanThunderstone: A True Story of Losing One Home and Discovering Another by Nancy CampbellLaRose: A Novel by Louise ErdrichThe Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroBe Useful by Arnold SchwarzeneggerWalk the Blue Fields: Stories by Claire KeeganSmall Things Like These by Claire KeeganFoster by Claire KeeganIf Beale Street Could Talk by James BaldwinThe Unsettled: A Novel by Ayana MathisThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana MathisThose We Thought We Knew by David Joy