Michael Wear

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Truth in the Barrel with Amy McGrath · Faith's Place In Public Life & Politics | Devil's Cut w Michael Wear · 31 Mar 2026 podcast

So at CCPL, which is now about three and a half years old, we think the state of our politics is in large measure a reflection of the state of our souls, the kind of people we are.

This is the beauty and weakness of our democracy.

It can't quite get around the kind of people we are.

And so at CCPL, we care deeply about what we call formation.

We care deeply about – we think things like character, virtue are not just private goods but public goods and qualify as –

uh, areas of knowledge that the public ought to consider and ought to guide public decision-making.

So that's, that's the formation piece.

We think that the kind of people we are has much to do with the kind of politics that we have.

And I'll, I'll, I'll just say, this is like, just say, um, in some corners, a, uh, a much, uh,

easier and obvious argument to make now than it was 10 or 15 years ago.

But so that's one piece.

And then we care a lot about the public imagination and particularly the contributions that the Christian faith, tradition, ideas, people have to make to

for and to the public good.

So we think that Christianity has a lot to offer for the good of our communities and everyone in them.

We think that they should be an offering, not an imposition.

So we talk about Christian contribution to the public good in a spirit of loving service, not as an act of imposition.

And we think that these contributions are a

clear as you look at our past.

They're clear as you look at our present and what so many religious people and communities and churches are doing today, making up large percentage of the social safety net in our country, providing an enormous number of volunteers and other resources like physical space

obviously the contribution to the sort of moral and character fabric of our communities.

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