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Is Your Church an Event or a Community?
From Westerhoff's "other faithing selves" to Lefebvre's appropriated spaces — what sociology and theology together say about the kind of church that…
Jul 1
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Tim Beilharz
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June 2026
Why don't bad things happen to bad people?
A sermon on Habakkuk 2:2-20 and why Christians sing at injustice
Jun 26
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Tim Beilharz
Third Places, Church Community, and Why Lounges Matter
Insights from Soul Revival on this week's Shock Absorber podcast
Jun 24
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Tim Beilharz
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Growing Disciples: Book by Book — The Story We Tell Our Children
On telling children the true story — and forming them into it
Jun 22
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Tim Beilharz
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Intergenerational Friendship and the Foundations of Effective Children's Ministry
Why our commitment to children's and youth ministry comes from theology, not from how easy or rewarding it feels
Jun 18
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Tim Beilharz
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Deeper Than Just Community
This week on The Shock Absorber podcast
Jun 10
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Tim Beilharz
A Christian Vision for Masculinity in a Polarized Age
Releasing today: Men of Virtue – How the Fruit of the Spirit Forms Male Character in the Modern World
Published on Zachary Wagner's Substack
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Jun 9
"Enhanced Christianity" and Summer Discipleship: What Faithful Formation Actually Looks Like
🎙️ From the Enhanced Games to summer break — two conversations on what it means to form disciples without cutting corners
Jun 3
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Tim Beilharz
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Contribution Is Not a Consolation Prize
On children, leadership, and what intergenerational ministry actually asks of the church
Jun 1
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Tim Beilharz
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May 2026
Extrinsic Motivation in Children's Ministry — and What We Lose to Technology
From rally driving to memory verse prizes — this week's podcast conversations resist easy answers on formation and motivation
May 27
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Tim Beilharz
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Ecological Faith: Bronfenbrenner, Thick Relationships, and Milestone Discipleship
On thick relationships, thin screens, and the ministry of meaningful moments
May 20
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Tim Beilharz
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How Church Management Systems Can Serve (Not Replace) Relationships
Two podcast conversations on church systems, generational communication, and why friendship is an ecclesial category
May 14
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Tim Beilharz
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