2021 Shock Absorber Conference: Service Team Spotlight on Hospitality
Session 2: A Spotlight on our Hospitality Service Team
2021 Shock Absorber Conference: Keynote Address
Session 1: The keynote address from Stuart Crawshaw
Are The Chats saying that everything has to be a laugh?
The Chats capture a particular sector of Australian culture right now
Tame Impala and the Issue of Loneliness
As one of the biggest Australian bands of the time, Tame Impala reflects plenty of the culture, including loneliness
Ian Hussey from Malyon Theological College
Ian Hussey joins the podcast to talk about Australian culture
Kanye West, Materialism, Wealth and Mental Health
Kanye West provides an insight into the the culture’s struggles wealth materialism, consumption, wealth and mental health
Pastor Michael Duckett from Macarthur Indigenous Church
Pastor Michael Duckett helps us understand how we can walk side-by-side
Kendrick Lamar & Speaking the Gospel to Multicultural Australia
Kendrick Lamar’s ability to speak on the issues important to him have earnt him, amongst many plaudits, a Pulitzer Prize
Beyonce, Empowerment and Post-modern Pluralism
Seminal artist Beyonce provides the frame of reference in discussing certain social issues that she aligns with.
Taylor Swift, Egalitarianism and Anti-Institutionalism
Taylor Swift, egalitarianism, anti-instutionalism, consumerism and wealth
To critique culture or engage in it?
Tim rejoins Stu and Joel on the Shock Absorber to wrap up season 3.
Latest Directions in Aboriginal Youth Ministry
Joel and Stu are joined by one of the wardens of Soul Revival Church, Leonie Stanfield, to discuss her experiences in para-church ministry, in particular university and sports chaplaincy ministries.
Para-Church and Local Church Mission
Joel and Stu are joined by one of the wardens of Soul Revival Church, Leonie Stanfield, to discuss her experiences in para-church ministry, in particular university and sports chaplaincy ministries.
Moving Beyond the Shock Absorber - Part 10
The way we conduct youth ministry today actually contributes to a breakdown in the ways Christian unity is expressed within the local church.
Celebrating Christian Surfers with Dave Lovell
Stu and Tim chat with Dave Lovell from Christian Surfers, the prominent ministry that adopted the missional approach from the 1970s in the Sutherland Shire, and has continued to grow across the world.
Moving Beyond the Shock Absorber - Part 9
Once this process began, it only grew more divisions within churches. As the 70s turned into the 80s, western culture only became more individualistic and plural.
The revisitation of Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry
Tim, Stu and Joel sit down to review Andrew Root's seminal book Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry and it's implications within the Incarnational model of ministry and beyond.
Moving Beyond the Shock Absorber - Part 8
The Jesus Movement’s premise was that young baby boomers were less likely to listen to the gospel from their parents’ generation, and more likely to listen to a relevant message coming from their own generation
The benefits of Family Ministry in an Intergenerational church
Having finished discussing the 1990s with the Four Views of Youth Ministry, Stu, Tim and Joel now move onto approaches to ministry that emerged in the 2000s, primarily Family Ministry…