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Erin Smith: Your Brain and Spiritual Formation

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In the Christ and Culture podcast with Ken Keathley and Benjamin Quinn, we explore how the Christian faith intersects all avenues of today’s culture through conversations with leading thinkers.

Today’s Episode:

What hath the brain to do with spiritual formation? Dr. Erin Smith of California Baptist University returns to discuss what the latest in psychology teaches us about our Christian life. She highlights attention, neural circuits, the Holy Spirit, and whether we can change our brains.

Also, in “Headlines” Dr. Anna Daub highlights summer movies in light of our Christian faith. And in “On My Bookshelf,” Dr. Daub recommends a book on missiology.

Timestamps:

  • “Headlines” on summer movies (2:22)
  • “Christ & Culture Conversation” with Erin Smith (6:30)
  • “On My Bookshelf” with Anna Daub (35:50)
Attention is the gateway to everything.

Highlights

  • “The decisions I make right now will shape my becoming either for / toward or away from that calling to glorify Christ. To me, that makes the little moments matter a lot more than they otherwise might have.”
  • “Attention is the gateway to everything.”
  • “The brain we are creating today (out of our attention) is the filter through which we will make sense of all future experiences.”
  • “My attention to what I am doing now helps me create the kinds of neural circuits that automatically produce the kinds of behaviors I want in the future.”
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