The Shock Absorber

The friendship recession appears to be a real thing, but what are the causes of it? Joel, Tim and Ethan chat about the implications of the internet and the digital realm, what can be done about it and how being a Christian changes how we approach it.

00:00 Intro and Ethan's Disney jumper
02:32 Lego Masters
08:24 More connected, but more lonely
22:44 Time and task, proximity matters
26:10 Is there a friendship recession amongst younger people?
36:36 Separating the digital from the actual
48:52 Your phone cannot help you be a disciple of Jesus
55:31 Leaders or friends in children's and youth ministry?
1:03:00 A commitment to doing it together

DISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE

Lego Masters
Project Runway
Making the Cut
The friendship recession | Richard Reeves
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, by Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff
Freedom
Pomodoro Technique
Andrew Huberman
Leader or Friend?, by Tim Beilharz
When the Church Was a Family, by Joseph Hellerman

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What is The Shock Absorber?

Thinking and doing church a little differently...