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Session 3 of 8 · 75–114 min · 10–27 voices · 90 coded contributions

Don't Worship Work

Rest, overwork and the idol of the business. The session that produces the most talk about Sabbath, by a wide margin.

Run of showThe questionsWhat the room says
90coded contributions across the three runs.
93minutes on average, from 75 to 114.
6questions put on average; four to eight across the corpus.
29%of contributions came from women.
Three runs on tape

What happened the last three times

Same topic, three different evenings, three different rooms.

Side by side

The numbers

RunWhenVenueMinVoicesFilmFilm %Intro→DiscFacil.
Cohort 1—startup hub7510standard40%1.5 → 2.6440%
Cohort 22025-06-23convention centre used by City Harvest Church11427standard28%1.62 → 2.8629%
Cohort 32026-03condo private dining9122substitute14%1.81 → 2.541%

Singapore founders will argue with the premise. Expect the state system and the local pace of work to come up as a defence.

Run by run

What each evening was like

Cohort 1. Met in a startup hub for 75 minutes with 10 voices in the room. The standard film was shown, taking 40 per cent of the evening. 5 questions were put. Coded depth rose from 1.5 in the introduction round to 2.64 in the discussion. The facilitator took 40 per cent of the turns.

Cohort 2 · 2025-06-23. Met in a convention centre used by City Harvest Church for 114 minutes with 27 voices in the room. The standard film was shown, taking 28 per cent of the evening. 6 questions were put. Coded depth rose from 1.62 in the introduction round to 2.86 in the discussion. The facilitator took 29 per cent of the turns.

Cohort 3 · 2026-03. Met in a condo private dining for 91 minutes with 22 voices in the room. A substitute film was shown, taking 14 per cent of the evening. 7 questions were put. Coded depth rose from 1.81 in the introduction round to 2.5 in the discussion. The facilitator took 41 per cent of the turns.

01
The plan · about 93 minutes

Run of show and what to show

Plan for 10 to 27 people. The sequence is the one feature of the evening with a measurable effect, and it should be run whole.

Run of show

Timing

  1. 0:00Arrive and welcomeSay why the room exists. Keep it short.10 min
  2. 0:10Introduction roundName, business, what brought them, a fun fact. Visible timer, one minute each.25 min
  3. 0:35FilmObserved film share for this session ran 14 to 40 per cent of the evening.15 min
  4. 0:50DiscussionThree questions keyed to the film, tables of six to eight, one recorder each.40 min
  5. 1:30Commitment and closeOne action each before next month, then pray.10 min

Ask for the actual practice, not the belief. 'How consistent is your Sabbath' produces better material than 'do you rest'.

Which film

What to show

Standard

FDE promo, Kaestner on Bandwidth's values, the Point B employee-ownership profile, then J.D. Greear on Ecclesiastes.

Substitute used

Cohort 3 substituted an FDE Group Sabbath episode on work as idol.

Either. Both land the same theme, and rest talk is elevated under both.

A substitute was used in 1 of the three runs. Across all 24 sessions, substitution made no measurable difference to depth (2.10 against 2.19, p = 0.24). What it changes is the subject matter.

02
What the room actually talks about

Subjects this session produces

Share of the 90 participant contributions carrying each subject, against its share across all 618 contributions in the corpus.

Over-represented

Relative to the corpus

Rest and Sabbath9% vs 5% corpus
Cross-cultural mission19% vs 12% corpus
The great commission4% vs 3% corpus
Cultural material and who speaks

Frames, stance and gender

Frames raised: Mission abroad (12), Expatriate and transnational life (9), The Singapore state system (5), The multi-faith workplace (5), Western hustle and VC norms (4).

Where the room took a position on that material, it pushed back or negotiated 12 times against 5 endorsements.

Who speaks: 22 contributions from women, 53 from men.

Calling and vocation22% F  ·  8% M
Suffering and mental health0% F  ·  11% M
Identity and success7% F  ·  16% M
Cross-cultural mission15% F  ·  7% M
03
What was asked

Every question put, by cohort

Choose three. No recorded session got through more than about three at any one table, so the rest are a reserve rather than a plan.

Cohort 1 · 5 questions
  1. q0Please introduce yourself and your company (1-minute elevator pitch): tell us about your business, what brought you here, and a fun fact.
  2. q1J.D. gave grim statistics about entrepreneurs (depression, ADHD, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts). What do you believe are the reasons behind those statistics, and in what ways have you dealt with them? (Audio: Alex asks for one entrepreneur and one VC/family-office perspective.)
  3. q2Since success isn't guaranteed, what could taking a healthy or wise risk look like for you? What does it look like to approach difficult entrepreneurial decisions knowing that success isn't guaranteed?
  4. q3King Solomon's four principles / the emptiness of pleasure: have you experienced achieving something and not feeling successful or happy? (Audio variant of the deck's Solomon and pleasure questions.)
  5. q4Faulty justice systems can make life feel meaningless. How have you seen good actions go unrewarded in your entrepreneurship journey? In what ways can keeping your eyes on Jesus help with the stress of this principle?
Cohort 2 · 6 questions
  1. q0Please introduce yourself and your company (1 min 'elevator' pitch): tell us about your business and what brought you here; any fun fact about yourself?
  2. q1Since success isn't guaranteed in this life, all we can do is take wise risks and try to live a balanced life. What could taking a healthy or wise risk look like for you?
  3. q2J.D. gave grim statistics about entrepreneurs (depression, ADHD, substance abuse). What do you believe are some of the reasons behind those statistics? In what ways have you dealt with any of these issues?
  4. q3Did you experience that you were quite unclear why certain things were happening, and then later realised that was the reason behind it?
  5. q4How have you been disappointed by a certain pleasure (a milestone reached that felt empty)? What are some ways that Christians in business can strive for success without pleasure being the ultimate goal?
  6. q5As a Christian, how do you typically respond when you feel cheated out of an opportunity for success? What could it look like for Christians in business to respond graciously when things don't work in their favor?
Cohort 3 · 7 questions
  1. introPlease introduce yourself and your company (1 min “elevator” pitch). Tell us about your business and what brought you here! Any fun fact about yourself?
  2. q1The Idol of Work: Peter Greer warns that entrepreneurs often turn God's call to create into a "permission slip to be a workaholic." How do you personally distinguish between a healthy, God-given drive to build and an unhealthy worship of your work? What is one way ambition subtly steals your attention from the things that matter most?
  3. q2The Pressure to Compromise: During WWII, Correct Craft faced intense government pressure to work seven days a week to build 400 boats in 30 days. They refused to work on Sundays, trusting God for a "miracle." When have you felt intense pressure to compromise a core conviction just to survive or scale your business? How easy is it for you to actually stop and rest when the math says you shouldn't? (Audio framing: 'how would you still choose to do the Sabbath, to go to church, to join the ministry?')
  4. q3The Cost of Culture: Bill Yeargin noted that operating out of a strong faith culture sometimes means making decisions that negatively impact the bottom line. Has your faith ever cost you a financial opportunity, a partnership, or a competitive edge? How do you handle the tension when honoring God contradicts standard "business sense"?
  5. q4The Workplace as Ministry: Correct Craft views the workplace as a venue to reach people who might never step inside a church. How does your company currently serve as a ministry to your employees, vendors, or customers? What is one practical way you can use your business to care for the people under your leadership?
  6. q5Sabbath as Surrender: Peter Greer described resting on the Sabbath as our way of saying "amen" to God's design. How consistent is your practice of Sabbath? What specific fears or anxieties surface when you try to completely disconnect from your business for a full day? (Not asked separately in audio.)
  7. q6Your Ultimate Mission: Correct Craft's mission is "Building boats to the glory of God." If you had to summarize the eternal mission of your business in a single sentence, what would it be? What is one adjustment you need to make to your schedule this week to reflect that higher mission? (Audio: 'Anybody come up with a redemptive vision for your business?')