Relational and responsive

Last episode was the intangibles. This is the tangibles. Joel, Stu and Tim open with the Met Gala, a $1 bill across Sarah Paulson's eyes, and whether millionaires protesting billionaires is tone deaf, before tracing the thread from wealth inequality all the way to how the church should function as a genuine leveller. Then they get practical. What systems does Soul Revival actually use? How do you say no to a good idea without crushing the person who brought it? What is ministry slide and why does grace need to be structurally built into your teams? And what does teams not tasks actually mean, and why does it protect against utilitarianism in a way that pure efficiency thinking never can? Plus: why prayer nights in the 90s drew the biggest crowds, what happened when the bands Soul Revival raised started pulling people to pub gigs on Saturday nights, and Stu's memory of a meeting 25 years ago where they cancelled all the plans and just prayed — and why he still remembers it. Timestamps 00:00 Welcome — excursions, the Met and peanut butter sandwiches on a school bus 03:00 The Met Gala, Sarah Paulson and tone-deaf protest art 07:00 Francis Schaeffer — how philosophy flows through artists into culture 12:00 Wealth inequality, housing and the church as a leveller 19:00 Galatians 3 — no longer Jew nor Greek, slave nor free 24:00 Practical levelling — $7 meals, camp subsidies and families taking home leftovers 29:00 Church systems — ChurchSuite, communication across generations and the pigeon budget 35:00 How to say no to a good idea — the shock absorber in practice 42:00 Prayer in the service — building a bridge to a new reality 48:00 Teams not tasks — why friendship protects against utilitarianism 57:00 God gives different personalities — honouring everyone in the team 1:02:00 Ministry slide revisited and wrapping up Discussed on this episode Francis Schaeffer — The Great Evangelical Disaster Andy Crouch — Culture Making Robert Greene — The 48 Laws of Power ChurchSuite — churchsuite.com Subscribe, leave a review, and send your thoughts to [email protected]