{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Shock Absorber","title":"Why is it important to go to church?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3827,"description":"Brayden and Tim are on the podcast this week to discuss a question that Brayden was posed at Bible college - Why is it important to go to church? In Australia, a churchgoer is considered regular when they attend once every four weeks.\nWhen we are able to attend church regularly and work together in a community, everyone benefits. It may also be an attractive proposition to those who don't go church. As the guys discuss, if we understand what is for, then we are much more likely to be there.\nDo we miss church when we can't make it? Does it cost us? How embedded into the community are you, and what stops us from being amongst the community?\n00:00 Intro\n02:05 Cultural Artefacts\n07:03 We don't want to be alone. We seek community\n14:45 Are we ok with the increase in loneliness?\n23:41 Sub-cultures and pseudo-communities\n31:37 Why we need to be in community\n39:07 Characteristics of a true community\n46:41 Community as an attractive alternative\n56:48 How to know if you're in a community\nDISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE\n\nBuffy the Vampire Slayer\nAngel\nBreaking Bad\nBetter Call Saul\nThe Incredibles\nFantastic 4\nThe Godfather\nThe Sopranos\nDonnie Brasco\nGoodfellas\n\nThe Friendship Recession\nThird Place Theory\n“Third places” as community builders\nDr. Diana R. Garland\nDoes Sydney have ‘third places’? Probably more than you think\nMcDonald's: you can sneer, but it's the glue that holds communities together\nChurch and U2 concerts: exploring what ‘family’ means for the local church, by Tim Beilharz\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: https://linktr.ee/JesusChangesEverything","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}