Hope in Darkness

Content warning: This episode discusses mental affliction, self-harm, and suicide. 

The United States surgeon general says there should be a tobacco-style warning for social media. Why? Because the mental health crisis among young people is reaching seriously harmful levels.

On this episode, associate professor, author, and cofounder and editor in chief of Christ and Pop Culture Alan Noble joins Russell Moore to discuss what such a warning may look like and the modern state of affairs in the public square. Noble and Moore talk about Noble’s latest book, On Getting Out of Bed, and the differences between mental affliction and mental illness. The conversation covers the importance of friendship, embracing life as an act of worship, and how men can embody healthy masculinity. 

Resources mentioned in this episode or recommended by the guest include:

• “U.S. surgeon general calls for tobacco-style warning labels for social media”
• Alan’s #NobleWords Memes
• Christ and Pop Culture
• And Campaign
• Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age by Alan Noble
• You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World by Alan Noble
• On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living by Alan Noble
• Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Malcolm Guite
• Resonance: A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World by Hartmut Rosa

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