Mending Divides PODCAST

Mending Divides Podcast: Unfiltered Conversations about Conflict and How We Deal with It

In a world accustomed to conflict, Mending Divides offers a refreshing counterpoint. Hosted by Dr. Jer Swigart, this Global Immersion podcast dives deep into the conflicts we’re all dealing with in conversation with those who think deeply about them.

This is not a prescriptive conversation about how to build peace.

Instead, Mending Divides features the human beings behind the work. It’s a portal into their stories, analyses, and practices. As we encounter the myriad ways they understand and navigate their conflicts, we’ll discover who we must become to face our own.

Expect honest, unfiltered conversations that:

  • Challenge your assumptions: Discover diverse and often unexpected paths to peace.
  • Illuminate new perspectives: Understand the roles that religion, culture, and biology play in shaping the complexities of conflict and our approaches to it.
  • Offer hope: Hear stories of resilience, creativity, and bravery that will inspire us to live likewise.

Join us as we explore the many faces and facets of conflict and peace.

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

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Meet the Host

Jer Swigart

Coach, Author, Pastor
Executive Director, Global Immersion

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.