common good

Explore "common good" with insightful episodes like "College Admissions & Life Beyond K-12 with Deborah Allen", "Day 253: Participation in Public Life", "Day 252: The Common Good", "Day 251: Authorities in Society" and "Ep. 83 Imandeep Kaur on reimagining social and civic infrastructures for the challenges of the 21st century" from podcasts like ""BaseCamp Live", "The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)", "The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)", "The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)" and "Leadermorphosis"" and more!

Episodes (13)

College Admissions & Life Beyond K-12 with Deborah Allen

Have you ever wondered how to steer your child through the labyrinth of education to a fulfilling career? Join Davies Owens and Deborah Allen, as they unpack the art of nurturing K-12 students toward their unique callings and the thoughtful choices that shape their future. Amidst a landscape where the value of a college degree is hotly debated, they address parental concerns, the significance of gap years, and how tools like the Highlands Ability Battery can provide clarity and direction for those pivotal life decisions.

As they navigate the pressures of an achievement-driven society, their conversation takes a heartfelt turn towards the identities of our children. They question the treacherous balance between accomplishments and authentic self-worth, probing the myth of certitude that haunts many parents and educators. The labyrinth of life demands a faithful, step-by-step approach, and we discuss the importance of fostering a whole-person lifestyle for our kids, ensuring they know their worth extends far beyond their list of achievements.

Finally, they hone in on the transition from high school to the world beyond, where classical Christian education and career counseling interlace to offer a beacon for the journey. They explore the evolving role of college advisors, suggesting an expanded focus to guide students not only to college but toward their calling and contribution to the common good. This episode is an essential listen for anyone invested in guiding the new generation to lead not just with their minds, but also with their hearts and hands.

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enJanuary 04, 2024

Day 253: Participation in Public Life

The Catechism has shown us how the common good begins with the good of the individual. It further shows us that each individual can participate in the pursuit of the common good for all—and that this participation is not optional, but an obligation. Fr. Mike explains the nature of this obligation in quite simple terms: “see a need, fill a need.” Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1913-1927. This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/ciy Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

en-usSeptember 10, 2023

Day 252: The Common Good

The Catechism sets up a pair of definitions for us that, at first glance, appear circular, but upon close examination, reveal profound interdependence: “The good of each individual is necessarily related to the common good, which in turn can be defined only in reference to the human person.” Fr. Mike uses a fascinating thought experiment to illustrate where the common good originates: you. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1905-1912. This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/ciy Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

en-usSeptember 09, 2023

Day 251: Authorities in Society

The Catechism shows us that, in order for any good in society to last and flourish, legitimate authority must be instituted and respected by all. Furthermore, it is our duty as those under authority to obey those invested with authority. Fr. Mike acknowledges that most of us resist authority, but he bolsters the Catechism’s claim that legitimate authority in society is good and necessary. “Anarchy doesn’t work.” Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1897-1904. This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/ciy Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

en-usSeptember 08, 2023

Ep. 83 Imandeep Kaur on reimagining social and civic infrastructures for the challenges of the 21st century

What would it look like to reimagine the systems of a whole city? To really involve citizens in addressing the huge challenges we face today? Imandeep Kaur reflects on what she has learned in the last ten years from being part of an ecosystem of social entrepreneurs in Birmingham who are cultivating ‘radical reimagination’.

From TEDx Brum, to Impact Hub Birmingham, to Dark Matter Labs and finally as the director of CIVIC SQUARE, where she has been greatly influenced by Kate Raworth’s work on Doughnut Economics, Immy shares some deep insights and big questions from her journey about systems change and leadership.

Resources:

CIVIC SQUARE’s website
The Doughnut Economics website
Blogs and other resources related to Dark Matter Labs’ #BreakingTheRules project
More Dark Matter Labs provocations from their Medium blog
Indy Johar, one of Immy’s key influences, in a video conversation with Jordan Hall about the need for a new organisational theory and practice
Related Leadermorphosis episode:
- One of my favourite conversations with friend of Immy, Meg Lightheart

enFebruary 09, 2023

Episode 266: Subsidiarity, Solidarity, and the Common Good

The Catholic Church likes subsidiarity. Politicians like federalism. Economists like free markets. It turns out that, if you can adequately define “the common good,” the three - subsidiarity, federalism, and free markets - pretty much boil down to the same thing. This week is the first half of a four-way discussion with two Catholic theologians, a political scientist, and an economist on subsidiarity and the common good.

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en-usMarch 16, 2022

Episode 2: Season 2 Episode 2 Virtue

We need to embrace Alexander hamilton's definition of virtue

Honest John's Nothing But The Truth

en-usFebruary 15, 2022

What actually is the Common Good? In conversation with Anna Rowlands

The Common Good is a remarkably popular phrase, used widely by the left and the right, the religious and the secular. But does it actually mean anything? Is it so elastic as to have no real content? In this episode, Nick Spencer talks to Anna Rowlands about her new book Towards a Politics of Communion, about what the Common Good means and what it offers a society like ours.

Reading Our Times

enDecember 14, 2021

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Stick your neck out!

This podcast reveals the story about the origin of the Giraffe Heroes Foundation. What’s the organisations goal – who are those Heroes, the so called “Giraffes”? Listen to the pilot of our new podcast series “Stick your neck out!” The weekly podcast of the Giraffe Heroes Foundation. In this Episode you get insights from the Founder Tom Amatt and get to know the particular vision this NGO has. We walk you through the process how to find and nominate people that stick their neck out and create a network among all of those, fighting for the common good, to make a difference. In our podcast, commended Giraffes are talking with us about the issues that count most for them and which drive them “To Stick their Necks Out” for our common good.

Truth and Independence

enAugust 01, 2020

Surveil Prudently

Nemec and Trox talk about government intelligence operations and justice, Thomas Aquinas's definition of law, and prudential applications of subsidiarity.

Squinting at the Good

en-usJanuary 07, 2020

#071 Flourishing and the Common Good - with Andy Crouch and Amy Sherman

Today's podcast is all about the flourishing of the vulnerable in community, and how that relates to the common good. We had a great conversation with Andy and Amy about how the church can join forces with other institutions for the flourishing—not just a material flourishing but a holistic one—of our communities, families, and churches.To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/

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enAugust 16, 2019

15. Abraham Kuyper and Discipleship for the Common Good, with Brant Himes

Abraham Kuyper was a man who tried to live his whole life by these teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. He took the teachings of Jesus seriously and tried to live this all-of-life discipleship as a theologian, as a journalist, as an education reformer, and even as the Prime Minister of the Netherlands (a position he held 1901-1905).

In this interview, Brant Himes, who wrote For a Better Worldliness: Abraham Kuyper, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Discipleship for the Common Good, helps us understand who Abraham Kuyper is and how his life is an example of the kind of discipleship to which all of us are called.

THIS EPISODE’S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Brant Himes is the Assistant Professor of Humanities at Los Angeles Pacific University (a part of the Azusa Pacific University system) and Managing Editor of Resonance Journal (which you can learn more about in Episode 8 of Spiritual Life and Leadership).
Brant recently published his book, For a Better Worldliness: Abraham Kuyper, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Discipleship for the Common Good.
Key quote from Abraham Kuyper:
- “No single piece of our mental world is to be hermetically sealed off from the rest, and there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence in which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry: ‘Mine!’”
Abraham Kuyper lived from 1837-1920. He was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1901-1905.
Kuyper started the Free University in Amsterdam. It was the first university that was free from state control and from church control.
“Sphere sovereignty” refers to Kuyper’s position that every aspect of life has its own functions and purposes; its own sphere. Over every sphere of life, tying it all together, is the sovereignty of God.
Abraham Kuyper partnered with Catholics on education reform. He believed that every family should be able to send their child to whatever kind of school they wanted to (state school or religious school), and cost should not get in the way of that. He succeeded in implementing state funding for all schools, regardless of their philosophy or ideology.
Brant structures his theology of discipleship around four movements: 1) The revelation of God, 2) the reality and sovereignty of Jesus Christ, 3) belief and obedience, and 4) the possibility and potential of discipleship.
We need to cultivate not only the inner spiritual disciplines in our lives, but also our theological convictions about how and why we are to engage in the world.

RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS:

For a Better Worldliness, by Brant Himes
- Website: https://betterworldliness.org/
Resonance Journal
- Interview with Micah Lunsford, Episode 8: Thoughtfulness Matters

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en-usDecember 03, 2018

#042 The Gospel and the Common Good with Zac Niringiye and Diane Stinton

As Christians, do we express that Jesus is the good that is common to everyone? What can we do to express to others that Jesus is for everyone? Do the spaces that we find ourselves in shape our understanding of Jesus? Join host Claire Perini, Zac Niringye, and Diane Stinton as we discuss these questions and more on the Regent College Podcast.

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