NOTES:

Christians need to be able to read and recognize great literature.

GUEST INFORMATION:

In this episode Lydia Schaible joins us to talk about how the church should be involved in society. Lydia is a follower of Christ, the wife to Burk, mother to four children, living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She fills her days educating her children, serving in her local church, co-hosting the All Things Bright and Beautiful podcast, occasionally writing for her blog, and managing her home in the hopes of making it a place of peace and welcome to all people, where the Gospel is naturally infused in dinner conversation. She can usually be found between stacks of books and half-filled coffee cups gone cold, hiking and catching bugs with her children, or playing board games with her husband. She has been greatly helped and influenced by Charlotte Mason, C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Augustine, Elisabeth Elliot, and Alister McGrath.

QUESTIONS THIS EPISODE ASKS:

Here are the questions that we asked Lydia in this episode:

• Why is reading important for society and for Christians?
  • What are some literary works that every American must read?
  • This same principle is true within the Christian subculture. We gravitate towards the newest christian leader’s book and seldom read the rich classics of the christian heritage.  Why might this be and is it good or bad?
• In an age where most people primarily read articles online, and even then they only read a fraction of the entire article, why and how should we read literature?
• Why do you think that God gave stories and literature to us and also why did He use them in the Bible?
  • What does literature and story tell us about who God has made us to be?
• We talk a lot about ’the narrative’ today. How should Christians think about the stories they are absorbing through news, social media, etc?
• In the 1st episode of your podcast, All Things Bright and Beautiful you make several comparisons to exercise and reading. I feel like our culture is about 600 pounds overweight and we have no idea where to start.  Could you talk about that a little bit and where should we start?
• 0ur culture has changed the definition of love. But people still respect the idea of love. This means that people still feel the weight of ‘love your neighbor’ but no longer know what love is or how to do it.  How does literature help us understand love and correctly define it?

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

"Music by Kabbalistic Village" and link to my website - kabbalisticvillage.com/