{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Trinity Forum Conversations","title":"Strength to Strength with Arthur Brooks","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1834,"description":"As we start to approach middle age (or beyond), how do we think about our vocation and purpose? Should our sense of mission change? What should we do to equip ourselves for a joyful, purposeful, and meaningful second half?\n\nArthur Brooks joined us to discuss ideas in his latest book Strength to Strength, which weaves together philosophy and research on human flourishing to illuminate the inescapable fact of change as we grow older — and to offer practical guidance on flourishing in new stages of life:\n“I can tell you that if you boil the ocean of 10,000 research articles, you'll find the happiest people, they pursue four things every day. Faith, family, friendship, and work that serves others. In other words, love, love, love. And more love.”\nFriendship, crystalized intelligence, and the beatific vision\nThis conversation is rich in reflections on achievement, the way our intelligence changes as we age, the importance of making and sustaining real friendships, and how pondering our own mortality can lead to greater joy.\n\nOur podcast is an edited version of our Online Conversation from February, 2022. You can access the full conversation with transcript here.\nLearn more about Arthur Brooks.\nAuthors and books mentioned in the conversation:\nLove Your Enemies, by Arthur Brooks\nFrom Strength to Strength, by Arthur Brooks\nSumma Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas\nThe Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle\nThe Dalai Lama\nThe Apostle Paul\nSt. Augustine\nDavid Foster Wallace\nAbraham Maslow\n\nRelated Trinity Forum Readings:\nOn Happiness, by Thomas Aquinas\nOn Friendship, by Cicero\nTwo Old men, by Leo Tolstoy\nHow Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy\nMan’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl\n\nRelated Conversations:\nStrength in the Second Half with Arthur Brooks\nCultivating a Life of Learning with Zena Hitz\nBeing, Living, and Dying Well with Lydia Dugdale\nHope, Heartbreak, and Meaning with Kate Bowler\nThe Burden of Living and the and the Goodness of God with Alan Noble\nAll the Lonely...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LC6b2lFM_r_3xEJCzvD8r7UblHhgtgss5nBJ4X1mqD4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE3OTk3LzE2MTM1/MzUwNjEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}