Understanding Woke Culture & Responding With Grace | Noelle Mering
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- The “Woke Movement” and “wokeism” are terms that seem to be thrown around EVERYWHERE on the internet these days. On one side, you have people wondering why their friends and family are suddenly hating the values they grew up with. On the other side, people who have a genuine concern for justice and the marginalized are trying to help THEIR friends and family see their concerns and side of the story. Where does it all leave us?
Today, I’m sitting down with Noelle Mering, author of Awake, Not Woke to discuss what the woke movement even is, where it comes from, where it’s misguided, and what we can do about it in our everyday lives. I know this sounds like a super political episode, but we really stress the importance of seeing the PEOPLE on both sides of the woke argument with the love and dignity they deserve as children of God.
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Noelle is a very grace filled lady, and also very intelligent. Blessings to both of you.
Thank you. You both remind us to stay focused on Christ and not the storm raging around us.
Thank you Chris and Noelle. I have heard you both speak in Steubenville. You have a wonderful message on what our Catholic response should be to those caught in woke ideology. Clear historical background of how woke ideas have grasp so many especially the youth. The more people who hear the truth and share the truth the better. Thank you again.
Thank you both God bless you both.
Great conversation. Totally agree the forces behind any division is the Evil one. He is the Father of lies who comes to kill, steal and destroy. But he has been defeated. Pray and love and forgive❤🙏
I have appreciated your attempt to offer an authentic Catholic Christian perspective on issues, and this episode was enlightening. I'd like you to dedicate as much time to bringing to the light- as you said- "the other side of the same coin": the MAGA movement, which SO MANY CATHOLICS SUBSCRIBE TO. It was uncanny to me how most characteristics Noelle described about wokeism are equally true about MAGAism. It also is based on strategic distortions and lies from the leaders, accepts conflict and violence as necessary for change, promotes a "tear it all down" (it= "liberal" media, schools and government), motivates through a victimization identity ("they're all out to get us"). IMO it is the right wing libertarian version of left wing libertarian wokeism, though the identified subjects of oppression are different. They are interested in power, not truth, nor dialogue; enforcing the binary- you are with them, or you hate America. Identifying enemies among us and targeted devaluing of fellow citizens is the main activity. All these phrases were offered in your discussion with Noelle and they are anti-Gospel from either source. The philosophical underpinnings of the two versions may be different, but the result is the same- define us into division. I have a deep sadness that most of my rural, "Christian" family and neighbors have accepted the MAGA victim identity and support its self-avowed savior; I feel the same for family and friends who have absorbed wokeism. Thank God for his mercy!
Sooooo wonderful to hear such a love filled conversation … and at the same time straight shooting.
Take a bow you both , ye did a wonderful job
God bless you… from Ireland 🇮🇪 🙏🏾❣️
What a very engaging discussion. Both of you articulate your thoughts so well. / Chris, I saw you at the Men's Conference this weekend in Norman, OK. I wish I had taped it to share with others. I'll find it. God bless you both.
Thank you for your truth and reality.
Thank you for this enlightening interview! I learned so many things about this movement that I was previously unaware of. Thank you for always pointing us to respond in a Christ like way. 🙏🏻
Chris, I had never heard of Noelle Mering before this video, and now I am a fan. This is a great interview that I will watch again, thanks
I do not understand "woke". I am almost 73. For me, the word "woke” means I stopped sleeping and became aware of my surroundings.
I'm 47 and don't understand either!
It's the new Marxism.
That's how it should be.
It's a phrase from the black community to remind themselves to constantly be aware of systemic racism. Like white people co-opting their language and twisting it into meaningless words
They took that term from the Hebrew Israelites and trying to stick it to their agenda. Woke culture or Woke Movement was referring to African Americans realizing that the Bible was referring to their affiliations. They have always STOLEN our phrases or land and now they are stealing the melanin in our skin!! Look it up
So very well done.. THANKS!!
Get this book. It's truly beyond anything written on this topic.
Great interview. Very brainy topic but also very important. Is there any resources I can share with my high school senior so he understands what he’s likely to hear from college professors and how to stay grounded on the Catholic faith? Thanks for your ministry!!
Thanks, Chris. This was so very helpful, as all your videos are!
God bless you!🙏
Woke means no boundaries, anything goes.
A very intelligent and helpful discussion. Thank you.
Excellent show…very well explained
Is because there's a continuation of abuses ,that brings back history, how can people change if some groups still abuses,
Grandparents? It's parents who are stunned. College? It's highschool here.
Poor Katie….it happens to the best of us. ❤.
Chris,
I understand the beginnings of the term “woke” and I appreciate your understanding that people can’t just write-off people as being “woke.” It appears to me that “woke” is only being used by those in opposition to the reductionist viewpoint. I realize that titles help sell books, but I wish that people could stop using “woke.” Woke is being used in a reductionist manner by its opponents in a similar manner as the revolutionaries use conservative. It seems to me that woke is overused among EWTN-watching and -listening Catholics. Labels certainly help us to recognize viewpoints and motivations, but I want to come up with a better term than woke.
Grace❤
Great Show, at 64 years of age it is hard to change. But I'm willing to try. Instead of looking for the negative I just want to spread Love and share the Gospel, God Bless you all and I Love you. (PS: I just posted this show on my Facebook page, I'll see how many of my friends need more of my Love...Amen). Come Holy Spirit, Help me to Love and not hate, accept instead of rejecting, and to Understand instead of being judgmental.
Everyone deserves to be happy and happily with whoever. With or without your partner, while pregnant, after being rapped..btw thats why shes single." That is the reason we should make sure the fetus is protected.. not the baby who gave birth to her brothers son
Sorry Chris. This discussion was not helpful to my understanding of woke. You both are well versed in the topic but I need a primer to get to first base on this.
They touched on it halfway through.. woke is: my actions are what defines me without moral boundaries. So, accept me for what i am.
My thinking is won,t to say . am confused am sick need disability check.
So like when the church denied the blood for years?
Hey Chris, woke agenda is to be racist, accepting LGBTQ community,pro- choice ( some work are pro-life) that is our prayer to convert them on to join the clour Red to join us.
Come on we are Christians, don't said there's no kkk in Christian community's
Love love love is the only.way.WWJD,
See you said prohamas ,and is not prohamas ,is propalestinians,
As a democrat with reasonable understanding. You lost me at jesus. I imagined you would call out extreme wokism but you whent straight to crist. Advice is you will lose with God 9/10. Ito many gods for it to be 1. Support the lower class. That's where the votes are...
Canadian liberal
This is a disappointing spin on waking up to injustices in our culture. Jesus was woke, he would have embraced transgender people and would as God on earth have known that what God makes is natural. God makes trans people, straight people, gay people. This author is offensive to me. Her take that woke is spiritual warfare is offensive. I love Jesus and his messages of life on Earth, this book you pushing is not supported by the life of Christ. Sadly it is supported by the religious right who are fearful of accepting nonbinary people. As we southern people say. I’m praying for you. God’s love and peace to you both.
Desantis went after anyone who doesn’t agree( project 2025) he made a word ( woke) and went after schools and says Florida where woke comes to die?! Who does he think he is? Mini Trump and it divided so many but we are now Awake so our joy of being is not dying. Sorry didn’t shut us down . Just surprised us!!!!
Chris Steanick what you are doing is called Gaslighting.