In part one of this two-part podcast, you’ll hear from psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Curt Thompson and Jedd Medefind as they explore the connection between our brain and our soul.
In this episode, we'll explore:
- The immensely hopeful discoveries of neuroscience showing that small, daily choices can alter the anatomy of our brain – changing how we think, and ultimately, changing who we are.
- How God has created human beings for connection – with Him, with others, and ourselves…and how to cultivate these connections more intentionally.
- How our overloaded lives – our activities, relentless pace, technology, constant distraction – creates serious disconnections if we don’t directly address them.
- Where to start attacking the problem of distraction in our lives to live more fully and love more deeply.
- Why reading long portions of scripture in a single sitting carries unique benefit.
- Anatomy of the Soul, book by Dr. Curt Thompson
- Taming Technology, article by Jedd Medefind
Key Quotes
“We become what we pay attention to.”
“We need to ask ourselves, do you want to be well…or do you simply want to be not sick?”
“All sin begins with distraction. All sin begins with [our] attention being turned to something other than relational flourishing…turning [our] attention towards something that leaves [us] isolated.”
“If you were to immerse yourself for 20 minutes a day for 6 weeks reading those six chapters of Ephesians, over and over and over again…you find that what you’re doing is placing your mind – what you sense, what you image, what you feel, what you think – in the center, you are immersing it in this text…you find yourself immersed in the thing you want to become.”
“In making us, God invites us to the party. But the biblical narrative suggests that when we then decide to throw His relationship away, we then put ourselves into a place of vulnerability and brokenness…and God still comes for us.”
