Monday Movement

13/10/2026

[NEW VODCAST]

AI can give you an answer in seconds.
But a fast answer is not necessarily a wise one.

As AI becomes more capable, leaders are asking plenty of questions about what it can do.
There is another question we may need to spend more time on:

What knowledge, assumptions and values are shaping the answers it gives us?
That was one of the most interesting parts of Mark Bilton’s conversation with Peter Chapman, Founder of First Cognition and creator of Amorfs.

Peter has spent more than forty years working with technology, data and complex systems. His view is that intelligence alone is not enough. If the knowledge behind an intelligent system is incomplete, poorly structured or shaped by the wrong priorities, more intelligence does not automatically lead to a better outcome.

That raises important questions for leaders:

Are we treating AI output as information, or as judgement?
Do we understand enough about the tools we use to question their assumptions?
And if values inevitably shape technology, who should be part of deciding what those values are?

For Christian leaders, Peter argues that withdrawing from the AI conversation is not the answer. There is an opportunity to engage it with wisdom, integrity and responsibility.

Watch the full Monday Movement Vodcast: https://www.mondaymovement.com/blog/ai-and-christianity-peter-chapman

06/10/2026

03/10/2026

Before Monday begins, one question is worth asking:
What has God already placed in your hands, and are you using it well?

Over the past few days, we’ve shared ideas from our conversation with Joshua Auld about work, calling, preparation, influence and engaging culture.

The thread running through all of it is simple:
Faith is not only for Sunday.
It should shape the way we lead on Monday.
The way we make decisions when nobody is watching.
The way we treat people when pressure is high.
The way we prepare for opportunities that have not arrived yet.

And the way we stay present in difficult conversations rather than stepping away from them.
You may not know exactly what your next season looks like.
You may not have the influence you hope to have one day.

You may not be able to change your whole industry, organisation or community.

But you can be faithful with what is already in front of you.
Lead the people you have well.
Do the work with integrity.
Keep learning.
Use your influence responsibly.

Contribute something good where you are.
That is where calling becomes practical.

So as you head into a new week, do not only ask:

“What is God calling me to next?”
Ask:
“What would faithfulness look like right here?”

02/10/2026

Some of the experiences that seem unrelated today may make much more sense later.

Joshua Auld tells the story of becoming interested in computers when he was young, rearranging his school schedule so he could work in the industry, and eventually moving straight into full-time work after Year 12.

Looking back, he reflects on something he has seen repeatedly: skills, experiences and ways of thinking often return later in unexpected ways.

We naturally want every step of our career to make immediate sense.

But careers rarely work that neatly.
A difficult role may teach resilience.
An unusual project may develop a skill you later need.

A season that feels like a detour may introduce you to people or ideas that shape what comes next.
That does not mean every experience will have an obvious explanation.

But it may be too early to dismiss what you are learning now.
What skill or experience from your past has become unexpectedly useful later?

01/10/2026

3 things Christian leaders need to remember when work, calling and culture start to feel complicated
You can love God, work hard, lead well and still wonder:

Am I actually where I’m supposed to be?
Should I be preparing for something new?
How involved should I be in business, culture, technology or public life?
And does God really care about the work I do every day?
That is exactly why my conversation with Joshua Auld was so useful.

Here are three ideas from the vodcast that I think Christian leaders, business owners and professionals should sit with:

1. Stop treating your work like the “less spiritual” part of your life.
Joshua makes the point that Christians are called to contribute to society, and that can happen through business, leadership, politics, technology and everyday professional work.

The question is not whether your job looks like ministry.
The better question is:
Are you doing your work in a way that reflects what you believe?
That means integrity when nobody is watching.
Excellence when it would be easier to cut corners.
Respect for people when pressure is high.
And using influence to build something genuinely useful.

2. Do not confuse waiting with preparing.
Many leaders want clarity before they move.
But Joshua’s story shows something different. He prayed, sought wise counsel, kept working with excellence and prepared himself for the next season before he knew exactly what that season would look like.
Sometimes God does not give you the whole plan.

Sometimes you get the next step.
That means your job in a waiting season may be to:
build the skill,
strengthen the weak area,
ask for feedback,
stay faithful where you are,
and become ready before the opportunity arrives.

3. If Christians want influence, we cannot keep leaving the room.
Joshua talks about Christians engaging across society and not stepping away from difficult spaces, including technology and AI.

That does not mean blindly accepting every trend.
It means being thoughtful enough to contribute.

Culture, business and technology are already asking big questions about truth, ethics, responsibility, human dignity and what kind of future we are building.

Those conversations need people with wisdom, character and conviction in the room.
The bigger lesson from this episode is simple:

Faith is not only for Sunday.
It should shape how we work, lead, prepare, decide and contribute.
You may not have control over the whole future.
But you do have responsibility for the part in front of you.

So ask yourself:
What has God already placed in my hands, and am I using it well?

30/09/2026

A spiritual routine that worked five years ago may not fit the life you have today.
That does not automatically mean your faith has become weaker.

Joshua Auld speaks candidly about how marriage, children, work and changing responsibilities affected the rhythms that once worked for him.

Rather than trying to force every season into the same routine, he learned to ask a better question:
what does faithfulness look like in this season?

Sometimes prayer happens at a different time.
Sometimes family life becomes part of the rhythm.
Sometimes quiet time is interrupted.
The goal is not to protect a perfect routine.

It is to remain connected to God within the reality of the life you actually have.
That is relevant to leaders too.

Good disciplines matter. But wise disciplines also adapt.

What part of your spiritual routine may need to change because your season has changed?

28/09/2026

Good work can become a distraction if it makes us too busy to notice people.

That is the tension Joshua Auld raises in this reel.
Work matters. Excellence matters. Productivity matters.

But an integrated Christian life means staying awake to the moments that do not appear on a task list.

A colleague opens up about something personal.
Someone asks why you handle pressure differently.
A team member needs five minutes of your attention.
A conversation about faith appears without being forced.

Joshua’s point is that if we are mindful of God in our work, we may be more likely to recognise these moments when they come.

Efficiency is useful.

But not every important moment can be scheduled.

What are you so busy trying to finish that you may be failing to notice what is happening around you?

27/09/2026

What if success is bigger than the result?

Joshua Auld talks about doing good work, contributing and pursuing success while still asking a deeper question:
How does God see what I am doing?

Targets matter. Growth matters. Results matter.
But so do faithfulness, character and how we treat people along the way.
Sometimes a successful season ends.
That does not make it a failed season.

What would you add to your definition of success beyond results?

26/09/2026

If most of your week is spent working, it matters how you think about work.

Joshua Auld makes a striking point in this conversation: work existed before the fall.
That means work itself is not simply something we endure until the weekend or retirement.
At the same time, our job should not become our entire identity.

Joshua pushes back on both extremes: living only to work and treating work as something we merely survive. Instead, he points towards a more integrated view, where work becomes one part of a faithful life.

Even work that fails or does not last forever can still matter.

It can serve people.
Develop character.
Create value.
Teach us something.
Contribute to the world around us.

What might change if you believed God was genuinely interested in the work you do every day?