Dennis Green and Charles Dyson
Dennis Green and Charles Dyson Dennis Green and Charles Dyson Dennis Green and Charles Dyson

Dennis Green and Charles Dyson

Recorded May 30, 2023 Archived May 30, 2023 52:51 minutes
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Description

One Small Step partners Charles "Charlie" Dyson (80) and Dennis Green (64) discuss their faith, their and judgement and acceptance of people in society and church, and how we can try to heal from the division.

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2:35
Charles "Charlie" Dyson (CD) and Dennis Green (DG) note the division present in United States politics, churches, and families.
7:41
DG shares how he found God later in life, which then led to his work in church revitalization, pastoring, and and coaching.
11:17
DG notes how Christians sometimes exclude people who are "different."
13:35
CD shares the two main experiences he feels shaped his views, the first being choosing to accept his gay son and experiencing the pushback from his church as a result, and the second being working alongside people of color during his military service after growing up in the Jim Crow era.
17:41
CD discusses identifying as an Independent politically, wherein his views used to be more adjacent with the Republican Party but have now become more adjacent with the Democratic Party.
19:41
CD and DG discuss the reasons behind the divisiveness in the United State and steps we could take to heal the division, including meeting people where they are, not judging people for how they choose to live their lives, and having sources of truth as opposed to "spun truths."
25:21
CD shares his concerns in reference to Christian nationalism.
29:19
CD talks about how his family accepts his homosexual son but his church does not.
33:15
DG discusses the harm he think is caused from trying to rank sins.
34:54
DG shares the joy of having conversations with his grandchildren concerning difficult situations, often asking them, "How do you think Jesus would want us to respond?"
40:01
DG talks about how he stopped pastoring and got into car ministry, fixing cars for people in need and ministering to both their cars and their spirits.
46:09
CD shares a story about carrying a pocket bible in Vietnam during his military service, then 50 years later connecting with a former fellow soldier who confessed that witnessing this habit made him a Christian.
48:50
CD talks about the judgement from his church over his acceptance of son. He reflects upon literal versus figurative translations of the Bible.
51:11
CD and DG share a feeling of how important it is to talk to people and widen their perspectives.

Participants

  • Dennis Green
  • Charles Dyson

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