🎙️ S4 E5 — AI, Young People & the Church with Anna Davy, Dave Chiswell & Joshua Millard
Episode Description
In this special episode, Ridley student and youth leader Anna Davy facilitates a rich and wide-ranging conversation on Artificial Intelligence or AI, born out of Ridley's annual
Children's and Youth Ministry Training Day. Joining her are Dave Chiswell (Lead Trainer at
Youth Ministry Futures, and Youth Minister at
City on a Hill Geelong), and Joshua Millard (Youth Development Director of
CMS Victoria) — two practitioners who care deeply about the same things but come at AI from quite different angles. Together they wrestle with some of the most pressing questions facing children's and youth workers today: What is AI actually doing to young people's formation? What's the difference between helpful and harmful friction? Why are teenagers turning to AI for friendship, therapy, and romance — and what does the church have to offer in response? What does a Christian theology of work and productivity look like in an age of artificial intelligence? Honest, thoughtful, and genuinely urgent — this is a conversation every youth and children's worker needs to be part of, and everyone in the church will want to learn from.
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