{"id":11408,"date":"2015-04-30T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T19:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=11408"},"modified":"2015-04-30T15:16:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T19:16:19","slug":"jen-fulwiler-and-i-discuss-rationalization-forgiveness-and-my-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2015\/04\/jen-fulwiler-and-i-discuss-rationalization-forgiveness-and-my-new-book.html","title":{"rendered":"Jen Fulwiler and I discuss rationalization, forgiveness, and my new book!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I got to talk to Jen Fulwiler, the author of\u00a0Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found<\/em> It<\/em><\/a> on her SiriusXM show today. \u00a0If you\u2019d like to tune in, Jen\u2019s show repeats on the Catholic Channel<\/a> on Thursday (today!) at 4p ET; Friday 12a and 6a (too early for me) and Saturday at 1p.<\/p>\n

Jen and I spent most of the time talking about our approaches to petitionary prayer (why tell God something He already knows?) and Confession. \u00a0Jen talks about how the Catholic approach to self-examination helped her avoid rationalizing away her own faults. \u00a0In contrast, I learned a lot about honest self-examination through secular readings on cognitive biases (plus teaching at the Center for Applied Rationality<\/a>) so I was more struck by the Catholic approach to forgiveness.<\/p>\n

So tune in to hear us both talk about how we learned, post-conversion, to pray!<\/p>\n

And, in the meantime, here\u2019s what Jen had to say about my book, \u00a0Arriving at Amen<\/em><\/a>, when she blurbed it:<\/p>\n

Reading Leah Libresco\u2019s book is like being taken on a tour of your home town by a brilliant, quirky guide who helps you see everything anew. Arriving at Amen is a delightfully refreshing read that will help any Catholic see the Faith through new eyes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, I just got a full crate of my books, plus an ARC of Max Gladstone\u2019s next book in the Craft Sequence,\u00a0Last First Snow<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0He\u2019s not Catholic, but he wound up blurbing my book too and wrote:<\/p>\n

Arriving at Amen<\/em> is a wonderful and lucid preaching in geek tongues\u2014a vivid journey through and toward Catholic faith guided by musicals, topology, Kant, mellified mummies, friends, and the Year\u2019s Best SF.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But\u00a0why<\/em> is the world so cruel as to send me\u00a0his<\/em> new book when I\u2019m supposed to be reserving my free time for promotion for mine?<\/p>\n

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