Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Crystal Paine Show 187. Loving Someone Well Even When We Disagree (with Michele Cushatt)

187. Loving Someone Well Even When We Disagree (with Michele Cushatt)

Published: Nov. 22, 2022, 2 p.m.

Disagreements and differences in opinion often result in tension and division in relationships. But does it have to be this way?

In this week's episode of The Crystal Paine Show, I sit down with Michele Cushatt, one of the authors of the brand-new and much-needed book Come Sit with Me, a book all about how to love well, in spite of differences and/or disagreements.

We recorded this episode the week of the midterm elections and I felt it couldn't be more appropriate. Michele talks about how to go about seeing differences as means for curiosity rather than fear. She shares how it's so easy to feel threatened by differences and then let that cause us to put our guard up instead of to lean in and listen and learn out of a place of love.

In this episode, she shares four keys for having conversations when we disagree with someone -- and they might surprise you! I especially loved how she dug into the importance of knowing where our identity is and how that is foundational for not being frustrated, angry, or hurt when someone disagrees with us.

In This Episode

[01:08] \u2013 Delighting in our differences... what does that mean? Let's talk about it!

[03:26] \u2013 But first, I have Michele introduce herself.

[09:10] \u2013 Feeling curious vs. feeling threatened.

[10:55] \u2013 What inspired Michele's chapter in the book.

[15:25] \u2013 Why are children curious? Why do we often lose this curiosity as we grow older?

[16:54] \u2013 The role identity plays in our discussion about differences.

[18:35] \u2013 What does it look like to put our identity in Jesus?

[20:01] \u2013 We need more than current events to put our hopes on.

[22:28] \u2013 Listening is a lost art that we need to find again.

[25:13] \u2013 Where does the need to be right come from?

[25:55] \u2013 Michele discusses the importance of empathy.

[27:37] \u2013 We can't let our positions become more important than people.

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