In her new book, "Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living," Krista Tippett synthesizes and shares what she has learned from hundreds of conversations with diverse thought leaders.

Yes, good conversations can change the world.

Paul Raushenbush has dropped two "c's" from his famed Christian-theologian-minister great-grandfather Walter Rauschenbusch's name, but he reflects the ancestor's tradition, captures some of his spirit, and looks to the future in that spirit.

No matter one's feelings about the interaction of religion and technology, religion is being pushed, cajoled, uplifted, and profoundly changed by the technological advances of our time and merits greater study.