{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Shock Absorber","title":"It's not a mistake: God made us to be incarnate beings","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/19a34951\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2778,"description":"MINI-SERIES: Communications Service Team — Strategy\n\nStu, Tim, and Joel discuss why church communications need strategy. Drawing on Andy Crouch and Jay Kim, they explore how technology, online community, and AI affect formation—and why embodied relationships remain central.\nChristians have always used tools to communicate, from Paul’s letters to AI, but digital spaces can’t replace real-life discipleship. At Soul Revival, that’s meant pursuing an 80/20 balance: online tools supplementing, not replacing, physical community.\nThey also contrast God’s truth-telling with AI’s flattery, reflect on formation in the mess of real life, and ask what kind of discipleship our content is shaping.\n 00:00 – Technology and Christian formation\n 10:06 – Online vs physical presence\n 21:05 – What clear strategy looks like\n 27:24 – AI vs God’s communication\n 33:45 – Content for formation, not just consumption\n 40:33 – Why discomfort grows us\nDiscussed on this episode:\n\nPracticing the Way podcast\nAI discussion guide\nNew Social Movement Theory\nThird Place Theory\nWhy Grok Fell in Love With Hitler\nBowling Alone, by Robert Putnam\nThink Biblically podcast\nChip Lunch podcast","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Xefvzfzzrkbs1GjU01qCch0kUaJzwBthG2qO_sgqCm8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzg4NjYvMTU4NTEz/OTEyOS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}