# 451: A Changing Society is Starving for Religious Systems to Meet them Where they Are Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030/451-a-changing-society-is-starving-for-religious-systems-to-meet-them-where-they-are Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030/451-a-changing-society-is-starving-for-religious-systems-to-meet-them-where-they-are.md Podcast: [Latter Day Struggles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030) Published: 2026-07-13T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2363568/episodes/19465447-451-a-changing-society-is-starving-for-religious-systems-to-meet-them-where-they-are.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2363568/episodes/19465447-451-a-changing-society-is-starving-for-religious-systems-to-meet-them-where-they-are.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/latter-day-struggles-5189030/episodes/451-a-changing-society-is-starving-for-religious-systems-to-meet-them-where-they-are Duration seconds: 3593 ## Resource Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Torn: Why People We Love are Leaving the Church & What We Can Learn from Them [Part II of III] In this fascinating episode, guest author Jeff Strong & Valerie tackle several key points that Jeff courageously and gently addresses in his bestselling book Torn: Why People We Love are Leaving the Church & What We can Learn from Them. Today, Jeff & Val lay out several culture issues that are pressuring the need for churches to adapt-not beca... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/latter-day-struggles-5189030/episodes/451-a-changing-society-is-starving-for-religious-systems-to-meet-them-where-they-are/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030/451-a-changing-society-is-starving-for-religious-systems-to-meet-them-where-they-are.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.