“Say It Right” is the latest episode of “In the Trenches,” and this time we’re talking about classical Christian cliches: what they are, where they come from, how they take over, why they make us weak, and what to do about it.
It’s inevitable that a strong movement or institution will create cliches. In this episode, I argue that cliches are basically “intellectual repetitive motion injuries,” they emerge apart from our best intentions, but that once we realize we’ve created cliches, we must work to repair the damage they cause. I would love for flourish, thrive, and wonder to become potent terms again–but we have got to put a moratorium on those terms for a few years.
Listen to the latest episode of “In the Trenches” here.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 