About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of engaging with institutions and the concept of the 'Elijah syndrome' in relation to faithfulness.

Send us Fan Mail A lot of us want institutions to be clean, brave, and instantly fixed and then we join one, try to lead, and discover the painful math of limited power, limited time, and real people. We take that tension head-on by talking about what we’re calling the “Elijah syndrome”: the outsider’s sense that the whole system is compromised and that faithfulness can only exist at a distance. - Mere Fidelity is a podcast from Mere Orthodoxy and is listener-supported. If you would like to s...

Topics covered

• institutions
• faithfulness
• Elijah syndrome
• outsider perspective
• limited power
• real people

Keywords

• institutions
• faithfulness
• Elijah syndrome
• outsider
• limited power
• real people

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mere Fidelity, Mere Orthodoxy

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