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The Capital Steward Podcast

The Capital Steward Podcast

By: The Capital Stewards
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The Capital Stewards emerges from a three-year research collaboration at The Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge, England. Each month, our group has met to wrestle with the questions where Christian worldview, capital, and stewardship collide — and now we’re inviting you into the conversation. See more at capitalstewards.co. Brandon Giella of Snapmarket.co is joined by Erik Averill of AWM, The Athlete Family Office, Ben Nicka of Oxford University, and Matt Galyon, an independent consultant, among others. The group is advised by theologian Craig Bartholomew. This is not another faith-and-finance show. It’s a working conversation among practitioners and scholars who have spent years asking what it actually means to steward capital under God’s economy — and where the dominant assumptions of optimization, return, and productivity break down against the biblical story. Every episode begins with a single question. We think out loud, draw on Scripture, and invite you in.© 2026 Snapmarket LLC
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  • What does God value as a good return on investment?

    What does God value as a good return on investment?
    Jul 9 2026

    In the first episode of the Capital Stewards podcast, a research group from The Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology introduces their ongoing conversations about faith, finance, and capital stewardship and opens with the question, “What does God value as a good return on investment?” The hosts contrast common metrics like S&P 500 returns and optimization-driven investing with a Christian worldview that de-centers the self and orients life toward loving God and neighbor. Drawing on sports and institutional investing, they discuss how productivity, data, financialization, and Enlightenment-era rationalism shape modern markets and can disconnect investing from purpose. They emphasize fruitfulness as a holistic biblical category, connect money to anxiety and trust in God, propose “total return” as financial plus impact return, and frame stewardship as investing for enduring spiritual and communal flourishing.

    00:00 Introduction
    02:31 What Is Productivity & ROI?
    11:16 The Enlightenment & Financialization
    15:55 What Is a Good Return on Investment?
    33:04 Anxiety, Trust & God's Provision
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    48 mins
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