Episode Details

What does it really take to heal division in a world where people increasingly live in separate realities?

In this episode of Thought Atlas, I’m joined by B. Keith Haney — pastor, author, speaker, and advocate for reconciliation and transformational leadership.

With more than 30 years in ministry, Dr. Haney has spent decades working at the intersection of faith, organizational change, racial healing, leadership, and community-building.

He currently serves within the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Iowa District West and hosts the Becoming Bridge Builders podcast, where he explores difficult conversations around division, education, race, ministry, and cultural polarization.

His latest book, Guided by Grace, uses storytelling to explore a deeper question many institutions are struggling with today:

How do communities evolve without losing their purpose?

This conversation explores:

• Faith and leadership
• Racial healing and reconciliation
• Organizational change
• Church culture and modernization
• Polarization and public discourse
• Grace, humility, and transformation
• Storytelling and human connection
• Bridge building in divided times

This isn’t a debate about religion or politics.

It’s a conversation about what happens when communities lose trust, connection, and the ability to truly listen to one another.

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