Podcasts Health & Fitness Mental Health Typology Author Brian McLaren on Internal Friendship (Enneagram 4) [S03-037]

Author Brian McLaren on Internal Friendship (Enneagram 4) [S03-037]

Published: April 9, 2020, 5:48 p.m.

Today on Typology, I\u2019m thrilled to welcome author Brian McLaren. Brian is an author, speaker, activist and theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for \u201ca new kind of Christianity\u201d \u2013 just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

Brian is a faculty member of\xa0The Living School, which is part of the\xa0Center for Action and Contemplation,\xa0and he co-leads the Common Good Messaging Team, which is part of\xa0Vote Common Good. He is also an\xa0Auburn Senior Fellow\xa0and a leader in\xa0the Convergence Network, through which he has developed an innovative training/mentoring program for pastors, church planters, and lay leaders called\xa0Convergence Leadership Project.\xa0

His most recent projects include an illustrated children's book (for all ages) called Cory and the Seventh Story and The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey.\xa0 And he\u2019s currently working on Faith After Doubt (Spring 2021) and Do I Stay Christian? (Spring \u201822

In today\u2019s episode, Brian discusses how the Enneagram has:

  • helped him understand the ways that he sabotages himself
  • Allowed him to have grace and appreciation for each of his children
  • Given him permission to become a friend to himself

You\u2019ll also hear how Fours can use their gifts to find their way out of the tunnel at the end of the light.