{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Capital Steward Podcast","title":"What does God value as a good return on investment?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/51af76f0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2888,"description":"In the first episode of the Capital Stewards podcast, a research group from The Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology introduces their ongoing conversations about faith, finance, and capital stewardship and opens with the question, “What does God value as a good return on investment?” The hosts contrast common metrics like S&P 500 returns and optimization-driven investing with a Christian worldview that de-centers the self and orients life toward loving God and neighbor. Drawing on sports and institutional investing, they discuss how productivity, data, financialization, and Enlightenment-era rationalism shape modern markets and can disconnect investing from purpose. They emphasize fruitfulness as a holistic biblical category, connect money to anxiety and trust in God, propose “total return” as financial plus impact return, and frame stewardship as investing for enduring spiritual and communal flourishing.00:00 Introduction02:31 What Is Productivity & ROI?11:16 The Enlightenment & Financialization15:55 What Is a Good Return on Investment?33:04 Anxiety, Trust & God's Provision","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Rgt0BrOukEHH0J0CiD91yz1qGMZBNY-YbvCnTG-gjUE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMDRk/MzNkYzFkN2VhZTdh/Y2RiZDZkOTRlODM0/NGRjZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}