Training the tongue for virtuous conversation, w/ Fr. Gregory Pine

About this episode

Fr. Gregory Pine discusses his book on improving speech and conversation virtues.

Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., joins the podcast to talk about his new book Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech. He answers Thomas's questions about small talk, cheekiness, oversharing, the use of humor to avoid vulnerability, Millennial vs. Gen-Z irony, correcting others, and openness to pursuing truth. Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech https://stpaulcenter.com/store/training-the-tongue-and-growing-beyond-sins-of-speech DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters

People in this episode

Host: Thomas

Guest: Fr. Gregory Pine

Topics covered

• virtue
• conversation
• speech
• humor
• generational differences
• truth

Keywords

• virtue
• conversation
• speech
• humor
• Millennial
• Gen-Z
• truth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CatholicCulture.org, St. Paul Center

Books & works: Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech

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