He was the 46th Governor of Pennsylvania—born here in Philadelphia with deep ties to Pittsburgh. He was often described as a “Boy Scout” — with a simple challenge to his staff to always: “Do the right thing” — no matter the consequences. But what if doing the right thing costs you your job? What if you taking a stand loses you votes? What if you’re misunderstood? Some might argue that this is exactly what happened to former Governor Tom Corbett. (Original Airdate 5-21-21)
Up Next in Season 2 (2021)
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The Sacred Art of Joking : State of I...
Life is hard. And if you’re a person of faith, you might even be asking if in the broken world we live in—filled with pandemics and anxiety-inducing 24-hour news— if God has a sense of humor. On this episode of State of Independence Joe talks with James Cary, a sitcom writer for BBC TV and Radio ...
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Grief and Hope- A Personal Reflection...
From Joe’s introduction to this week’s show- “I’ve had to preach at many funerals since I left the seminary and entered full-time ministry. It’s such a common experience as we grow older. There are certain words and rituals, Scripture passages, and hymns that tie us together—smoothing over the ra...
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Blessed are the Peacemakers : State o...
It was 2016 when Aaron Anderson, a white, Classical Christian school headmaster in York Pennsylvania—a racially diverse city of 450,000 in Central Pennsylvania—invited black ministers, chiefs of police and other area pastors to begin a monthly meeting together.
The purpose? To create dialogue a...
