Learning to Trust Your Own Inspiration: Deidre Green

About this episode

Aubrey discusses the importance of trusting one's own inspiration with guest Deidre Nicole Green, a theologian and scholar.

Hey everyone, this is Aubrey from Faith Matters. Today’s episode is a personal one for me—and probably for many of you—especially if you’ve ever found yourself deferring to someone else’s inspiration, or noticing a tendency to believe that someone else’s knowing is more trustworthy than your own. Our guest, Deidre Nicole Green, is a professor at Graduate Theological Union and a theologian and scholar whose work explores gender, faith, and the Christian life. The starting place for this discus...

People in this episode

Host: Aubrey

Guest: Deidre Nicole Green

Topics covered

• trust
• inspiration
• gender
• faith
• Christian life

Keywords

• trust
• inspiration
• faith
• gender
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Graduate Theological Union

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