Mending Divides PODCAST

Mending Divides Podcast: Stories of Conflict

Mending Divides Podcast: Stories of Conflict

If you’re like most people, you’re carrying conflict somewhere in your life right now. Maybe it’s at home, at work, in your church, or with someone you once felt close to. You know something needs to change—but you’re not sure how to move forward without making things worse. The truth is, none of us were really taught how to navigate conflict well.

That’s why we’re here.

Each season, we want to offer you something different than the scripts our culture hands us. Instead of tools to win, we want to offer tools to heal. Because while conflict is inevitable, division doesn’t have to be.

This season is a little different. Rather than talking about conflict, we’re bringing you true stories from leaders who found themselves in the middle of it—moments that tested their convictions, exposed their fears, and ultimately reshaped who they became. These aren’t polished success stories. They’re honest accounts of what conflict costs us, what it reveals within us, and what becomes possible when we choose the slow, courageous work of healing instead of winning.

The first episode drops September 2.

Follow along on Instagram @globalimmerse and wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to the Trailer

Meet the Host

Jer Swigart

Coach, Author, Pastor
Executive Director, Global Immersion

First Episode Coming September 2

Dr. Jer Swigart is the co-founder of Global Immersion. He seeks to learn, love, and lead in ways that disarm violence, bridge difference, and awaken imaginations to restorative possibilities. He focuses on leadership formation, particularly with leaders and teams who have become disillusioned by the incongruence between the values of western Christianity and those of Jesus. In addition to his participation in local and national justice and reconciliation commissions, Jer is a North American contributing member of the Reconcilers Together Alliance, a Pepperdine Cross Sector Leadership Fellow, and a Senior Fellow of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute. He holds an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and his Doctor of Leadership in Global Perspectives from Portland Seminary. As the co-author of Mending the Divides: Creative Love in a Conflicted World, a speaker, facilitator, and consultant, he often reflects on the intersection of faith, leadership, and conflict transformation. Jer and his family live in the Pacific Northwest, USA.