Episode 232: Church of the Holy Dysfunction

In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk vanishing cursive, gentle parenting, church families, and grieving rockstars. Also, RJ reveals why he doesn't like writing thank-you notes, while Sarah sings one, er, hell of a spiritual. Click here (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/10/gen-z-handwriting-teaching-cursive-history/671246/) to read Drew Gilpin Faust's piece on how Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive in The Atlantic. Click here (https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-harsh-realm-of-gentle-parenting) to read Jessica Winter's profile of The Harsh World of "Gentle Parenting" in The New Yorker. Click here (https://mbird.com/religion/church/one-big-unhappy-family/) to read Sarah Hinlicky Wilson's piece for Mbird, "One Big (Unhappy) Family?". Click here (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/12/magazine/nick-cave-interview.html) to read the NY Times Magazine's interview with Nick Cave. Click here (https://amzn.to/3xUcakP) to order his book Faith, Hope, and Carnage.