Burn the Haystack Josh & Jesse

In this episode, we speak to Dr Seth Pierce, host of Beast and Bible. He's also an author, public speaker and academic. We have a fantastic conversation about monsters in popular culture, in the Bible and in our world today. Who knows, maybe there's a monster hiding somewhere near right now! 

This episode, we speak to Nathan Brown about the Voice to Parliament. It's a divisive issue and we're fully aware of the possibility of walking into a hornet's nest but onward we march! 

SPOILER WARNING: this episode contains free and unfettered discussion of Barbie. If you'd prefer not to have the plot details spoiled, go watch it before listening to this episode!
For our 150th episode, Josh is away (whoops!). Never fear though because Jesse gets to talk to friends of the show Viema and Mitch about recent film Barbie. It's the movie that turned more than a few heads recently in the cinema and though we're late to the party, we felt it was still a good time as ever to talk about this fascinating flick.
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Today, we talk about prayer. It's the thing your intense auntie at church is always going on about, but for many of us, prayer isn't a vibrant part of our spiritual life. In fact, for many Christians, it's a point of pain and frustration. It doesn't need to be that way! In this episode we talk about a book both Josh and Jesse recently read called Praying like Monks, Living like Fools by Tyler Staton. The books' great by the way, and if you'd like to read it for yourself, this is a great intro not only to the book, but some of the ideas that have helped transform the way we pray. 

Pr Jinha Kim joins us in this episode to talk all about AI. What's it good for, what are the dangers and IS IT COMING FOR YOUR JOB? Ok, that last part may be a little dramatic but it's still important to consider the issues. Jinha is a church planter and woman of many talents, and AI has been invaluable for her and her ministry in the increasingly-complex world of urban ministry. 
 
To connect with Jinha's church, check out their website: https://melbournecityadventist.org/

Yes, it's click-bait. By our acknowledging this, we're declaring our self-awareness which makes it fine, right?
This episode, we finish our two-part conversation on a report recently published on the last 20 years of church trends: the good, the bad and the ugly. This time we dwell a little less on the ugly and more on the good. We also spend some time talking about the outcomes of the report: what they recommend churches do now if they want to experience growth and health. 
To read the report for yourself, click here