In this episode, Mary, Paul, and special guest Pastor Jordan Scott discuss artificial intelligence. So many people in our society are interacting with AI all the time. We use it as a helpful tool, but we also recognize that significant safeguards need to be put in place in order to protect our society from frauds, unethical practices, and other challenges. How should Christians interact with and respond to the rise of artificial intelligence? We encounter people who are gripped by fear of AI and others who are embracing AI without any critical thinking, and we believe both extremes are problematic. Join us as we have a healthy discussion about this important topic, and we hope this episode will encourage you to have these conversations about AI in healthy, biblically informed, and mature ways.

With our special guest, Hannah Bakken, Mary and Paul chat about the wonderful gift of new life as Mary and Hannah share their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings about being expecting mothers. Culture sometimes makes it awkward when talking about important topics like pregnancy, fertility, miscarriages, menopause, and so forth, but we believe the church is called to be a family, and these are incredibly important topics about which we ought to have healthy and mature conversations as Christ followers. Let's dive into this discussion!

This episode is a "part two" to the theological conversation we had about money in the previous episode--Episode 4--where we discussed personal financial stewardship. In this episode, we'll discuss corporate financial stewardship, the importance of radical generosity when it comes to giving to God, and we'll even talk about our budgeting process as we tackle the annual church budget as a church family. We really enjoyed having this conversation; we hope you'll enjoy it, too.