Character Matters Live Edition
Character Matters goes live again 5-21-25 at Noon CDT on YouTube.
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We’ll continue a discussion on the nature of genuine love. But we’ll be focusing on the cultural factors making understanding its nature and its importance to every aspect of life so difficult .
Remember, Character Matters airs live again at Noon CDT (1 pm EDT, 11 am MDT, and 10am PDT) 5-21-25.
Love and the Capacity for Genuinely Loving
I talk about the nature of genuine love in all my books, but especially in Essentials for the Journey. You can also find many articles on the topic here on the blog. See, for example:
- Discerning The True Nature of Love
- Love Languages Can Confuse and Mislead
- Genuine Love Is A Powerful Force
- Loving Oneself Is the Beginning of All Love
- Finding True Love in the Right Way and Place
- Things That Seem Like Love But Aren’t
I also have much to say about some character types can’t love well or can’t truly love at all. See, for example:
- Why Some People Can’t Love
- The Capacity to Love Defines Wholesome Character
- Why Most Narcissists Can’t Truly Love
- Character is Ultimately about Love Ability
Cultural Factors Impairing Character Development
It’s no secret that we’re living in an age of unprecedented character dysfunction. And there’s an insidious reason for that. For decades, a vicious cycle has been churning. A society full of impaired characters violate, corrupt, and erode important norms and values. In turn, a society devoid of crucial values and standards of conduct produces more character disturbance. And so the cycle goes, leaving us where we are now.
I’ve written several articles about this matter. See, for example:
Developing good character – the kind that builds great societies – has always been challenging. We’re not naturally wholesome, civilized creatures. Sound socialization is a painstaking process. (See: Socialization is a Process.) And we’ll be talking about that, too, when Character Matters airs live again 5-21-25 at Noon CDT.
