The Church is Growing, Walmart Gets Touch & 20 Year Old Birthday Parties | Brand New Podcast

Somebody left a note on a napkin in Pastor Shannon's mailbox, signed "concerned neighbor," and it did not read like a friendly hello. That story kicks off a wide ranging conversation about what's happening to basic decency in America, why a Georgia man is being hunted by police over thirty dollars he found in a parking lot, and why the church might be in better shape right now than it has been in decades.

Also in this one: the median household income of church attenders will surprise you, over 800 students showed up on a Wednesday night across both campuses, loneliness apparently does the same damage as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and Pastor Shannon takes his second cheat day in two and a half years and immediately regrets it.

Plus Razorback predictions that nobody on the team wanted to hear.

Chapters

0:00 Intro

0:35 What happened to good service

4:37 The Freedom 250 and Jeff Gordon winning at 55

10:10 Lock the clock and how long it takes to count votes

12:01 Nobody has heard from Mitch McConnell in 74 days

15:33 Walmart is finally getting it right

19:45 Georgia man finds $30 and police launch a search

23:47 The napkin in the mailbox

29:21 You can smell football

30:33 Razorback predictions

34:12 The church is on fire right now

37:30 Over 800 students on midweek

39:55 Why next gen ministry decides everything

46:04 Caitlin Clark and the WNBA

47:40 Is racism still a thing in America

53:08 The case for trade school

57:43 Loneliness and 15 cigarettes a day

59:45 Countries banning face coverings

1:01:35 Islam, dogs, and cultural fit

1:03:53 What the algorithm is feeding Gen Z

1:05:43 When should birthday parties stop

1:14:25 The cheat day that wasn't worth it

1:18:20 Getting comfortable in your calling

1:23:48 Closing prayer