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Sue Monk Kidd on Blessing our Largeness

“Our salvation is in our imagination,” says Sue Monk Kidd, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of books like The Secret Life of Bees. As we grapple with the viruses of racism and COVID-19, we’ve run out of time to tinker around the edges. Our best response is to “bless our largeness” which is what Kidd calls the stamp of our unique genius.

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Sue Monk Kidd on Blessing our Largeness

When we create our stories each week, one of the most agonizing decisions is what to call people. How do you distill a life—in the case of our storytellers, an otherworldly life—into the three or four words of a title scroll?

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Celeste Headlee on creating empathic bonds through true listening

When we create our stories each week, one of the most agonizing decisions is what to call people. How do you distill a life—in the case of our storytellers, an otherworldly life—into the three or four words of a title scroll?

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