I was predisposed to dislike Ted Lasso — I love soccer but I don’t love the premiere league and I’ve never been much of a Jason Sudeikis fan — and yet Ted Lasso is the show I needed to see during the pandemic. Doing a little research, I discovered that Brené Brown is not only a soccer fan, but she also loves Ted Lasso. She breaks it down here with Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt and the resulting interview is amazing and sweet as Brené goes full-metal fangirl. She says…

“As the self-appointed president of the TLFC (Ted Lasso Fan Club), it was a blast to talk to Jason Sudeikis, the co-creator, writer and executive producer who plays Ted Lasso, and Brendan Hunt, the co-creator and writer who plays Coach Beard on the Apple TV+ hit series. The show follows the adventures of a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer. We talk about the show’s interesting origin story, writers’ room inspirations, and why intention is critical to the creative process. It’s a fun conversation about a show that is unapologetically awkward, brave, and kind: Brené with Jason Sudeikis & Brendan Hunt on Ted Lasso | Brené Brown“

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Bonus!

A discovery suitable for everyday life: The Science of Intermittent Fasting

Most schooling has been offered online this semester. Teachers are working hard to improve that experience, but many students are still left behind: 5 Things We’ve Learned About Virtual School In 2020

Source: Alex Trebek channels Mr Rogers in short, sweet, final Thanksgiving message

The NPR Politics Podcast on NPR One: 🔊 Listen Now: NPR’s Throughline: The Shadows of the Constitution

Richard Rohr shares:

“In the midst of the intense struggle for civil rights, Thomas Merton insisted that Christians had a moral duty to address racism—on a personal and systemic level. His words were prophetic at the time and continue to be relevant to this day. In Seeds of Destruction, he writes:

The race question cannot be settled without a profound change of heart, a real shake-up and deep reaching metanoia [Greek for repentance or change of mind] on the part of White America. It is not just [a] question of a little more good will and generosity: it is a question of waking up to crying injustices and deep-seated problems which are ingrained in the present setup and which, instead of getting better, are going to get worse. [1]

The purpose of non-violent protest, in its deepest and most spiritual dimensions is then to awaken the conscience of the white people to the awful reality of their injustice and of their sin, so that they will be able to see that the Negro problem is really a White problem: that the cancer of injustice and hate which is eating white society and is only partly manifested in racial segregation with all its consequences, is rooted in the heart of the white people themselves. [2]”

Source: Richard Rohr Meditation: Merton’s Call for Racial Justice

Richard Rohr shares this in his newsletter today. I have followed Merton since I was introduced to him by a friend during college days.

“Part of Thomas Merton’s legacy, which I believe has been underappreciated, is his great love of nature. In the hills of Kentucky, he found his connection to God strengthened by every leaf, every tree, every sunrise. I felt it as well in my time at his hermitage. Theologian and GreenFaith fellow Sister Kathleen Deignan writes of Merton’s relationship to the natural world, which inevitably led to his activism on the earth’s behalf: Richard Rohr Meditation: Merton’s Love of Nature“

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