Church of the Holy Dysfunction

Episode 232 · September 27th, 2022 · 1 hr 10 mins

About this Episode

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 to read Drew Gilpin Faust's piece on how Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive in The Atlantic.
  • Click here to read Jessica Winter's profile of The Harsh World of "Gentle Parenting" in The New Yorker.
  • Click here to read Sarah Hinlicky Wilson's piece for Mbird, "One Big (Unhappy) Family?".
  • Click here to read the NY Times Magazine's interview with Nick Cave.
  • Click here to order his book Faith, Hope, and Carnage.