a conversation about safety, sameness, and human worth

In this episode, Sarah is joined by Jenai Auman to talk about our human tendency to lean toward sameness and distance ourselves from people who are different. Jenai shares her own experience of being “othered” and how placing people into us-versus-them categories can be so damaging to not only our worth but also how we relate. Together, they explore how we can move toward a wider, more welcoming way.

Episode Notes

• The Way of Belonging: Reimagining Who We Are and How We Relate by Sarah E. Westfall

• Othered: Finding Belonging with the God Who Pursues the Hurt, Harmed, and Marginalized by Jenai Auman

• Golden Girls

• Festival of Faith & Writing

Connect with Jenai

• Substack: Othered with Jenai Auman

• Book: Othered: Finding Belonging with the God Who Pursues the Hurt, Harmed, and Marginalized

• Instagram: @jenaiauman

• Threads: @jenaiauman

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Human Together is hosted by Sarah E. Westfall and is produced and edited by Ben Westfall. The theme music is “Sit with Me,” written and performed by Sarah Scharbrough.

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