Avodah Academy · Holy Curiosity

How do we engage what is new without losing what matters?

Technology is changing faster than most of us can make sense of it. The easy responses are fear, hype, or silence. Holy Curiosity takes another path.

A live conversation series for people willing to ask difficult questions about faith, AI, technology, and change — and to stay with those questions long enough to discern what faithfulness requires.

i.Question what is shaping you
ii.See the bigger story
iii.Discern what matters
iv.Move with courage
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Episode 01 · The Religious Spirit

When faithfulness becomes resistance to change.

How sincere conviction, tradition, fear, and control can quietly shut down needed change — and how leaders can tell the difference.

WhenSept 15, 2026 · 10:00 AM CT
Format45 minutes + live Q&A
CostFree to attend · Replay available to registrants
A companion whitepaper — yours free with registration.
You may be facing a difficult question

How do you know whether you are protecting something sacred — or simply protecting what is familiar?

i.

When does caution become fear?

ii.

When does tradition preserve wisdom — and when does it prevent us from seeing what God may be doing next?

iii.

How do leaders create room for innovation without abandoning conviction?

These questions are bigger than AI. They appear whenever people, churches, ministries, and organizations face change. In this live Holy Curiosity conversation, we examine what happens when sincere faithfulness hardens into resistance — and how to recognize the difference.

What you'll leave with

By the end of the conversation, you'll be able to:

Recognize the difference between conviction and resistance.

See how fear, control, identity, tradition, and institutional self-protection can disguise themselves as faithfulness.

Identify the patterns that quietly shut down curiosity and needed change.

Trace how these patterns appear in Scripture, churches, ministries, organizations, and leadership cultures.

Use a practical framework for discernment.

Ask better questions before automatically saying “yes” or “no” to change.

Lead difficult conversations without abandoning conviction.

Create room for honest questions while staying anchored in what matters.

This conversation is for you if you're…

Built for leaders navigating real change.

A church or ministry leader

Guiding people through cultural or technological change without losing them — or the mission.

An organization or nonprofit leader

Trying to distinguish wise caution from institutional resistance, with a board and funders watching.

A Christian wrestling with AI

Who wants something more thoughtful than hype on one side and fear on the other.

You don't need to be an AI expert. You only need to be willing to ask an honest question.

What to expect

One honest hour — something to keep at the end of it.

45 minutes, live

A real conversation

Teaching, stories, biblical reflection, and practical examples — with live polls.

Q&A

Questions we don't avoid

Bring the difficult question. Those are the questions Holy Curiosity exists to explore.

Yours to keep

A practical resource

Every registrant receives New Wineskins: A Guide to Faithful Change.

On your time

Replay access

Register even if you can't attend live — the replay comes to every registrant.

Meet the conversation leaders

Practitioners, not pundits.

This is the beginning of Holy Curiosity

A live conversation series for people willing to examine the hard relationship between faith, technology, and change.

We are not here to sell unquestioning adoption of AI. We are not here to baptize fear of it. We are here to ask better questions.

01
Courage

What stifles innovation?

The fears, habits, beliefs, and institutional patterns that prevent needed change.

02
Vision

What is the bigger story?

History, mission, technology — and what previous moments of change can teach us about this one.

03
Practice

What happens when faith meets the machine?

The real questions around AI, Bible translation, human responsibility, data, quality, and discernment.

Upcoming conversations

Where the series begins.

01

The Religious Spirit

When faithfulness becomes resistance to change.

Up next
02

The Codex, the Press, and the Algorithm

What the church's history with new technology can teach us about AI.

03

Is the Holy Spirit in the Machine?

What changes — and what does not — when AI enters sacred work.

More conversations on the way.
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Sept 15, 2026 · 10:00 AM CT
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