{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Shock Absorber","title":"Are we only pleasant strangers at church?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4706,"description":"Resiliency in discipleship is the name of the game as Stu, Tim and Joel chat about how intergenerational relationships can improve it, based on the research in Faith for Exiles.\nAre rosters and a highly specialised church environment lead us to only be pleasant strangers? The Bible calls us to be more than that where the church community can be transformed by the Spirit's sanctification. The problem is, we get lonelier and lonelier as a society. Intentional, meaningful relationships can be the antidote.\n00:00 Intro\n02:46 CULTURAL ARTEFACT: Biblical Critical Theory\n26:20 The choice we get, the lonelier we get\n30:15 Meaningful relationships and outward looking friendships\n36:27 Intentionality and presence in forming relationships\n45:49 Intergenerational relationships produce greater resilience\n52:41 Community transformation through the Spirit\n1:02:07 Problems with a specialised church environment\n1:15:12 Dave educates us on early commercial airlines\nDISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE\n\nCoddling of the American Mind, by Jonathan Haidt\nThe Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt\nFaith for Exiles, by Dave Kinnaman and Mark Matlock\nYoung Catholics defy Pope, choose Latin as rift grows in Australia's biggest church\nPan AM Clipper Magic with Boeing 707 1958\n\nCONTACT US\n\nShock Absorber Email: joel@shockabsorber.com.au\nShock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.au\nSoul Revival Shop: soulrevival.shop\nCheck out what else Soul Revival is up to here","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}