Greetings!
Last week I went to The Podcast Movement —the world’s largest annual gathering of podcasters and the podcast industry.
It’s also the first secular conference I’ve attended in more than 20 years. While I was a bit nervous, I was able to encounter people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. In fact, my friend made me this shirt as a conversation starter. Not only did I want to meet Catholics who have expertise in audio content, I hoped to meet and glean wisdom from everyone I encountered.
I had more people than I expected tell me they were raised Catholic, or used to be Catholic — which is consistent with social science research. One man, who mostly practices Buddhism now, at first spoke to me like I was a superstitious dinosaur (even though he’s 10 years older than me). As we talked, he was pleasantly surprised by how much we have in common when it comes to how to treat other people.
The Word of God says every person is created in His image, so even those who don’t know Him can teach me something about who God is.
Yours in Christ,