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Cameron ShafferTheologyTechnologyFormation

AI is Coming for Online Pastoral Education

Online seminary training as it exists today is Borders Books. AI is Amazon. Like it or not, online pastoral training is about to change dramatically.

Nadya WilliamsTechnologyBook Reviews

All the Things We Do Not Know

The Library of Ancient Wisdom reminds us of both the limitations of our knowing and the goodness of the world, which is both worth knowing and loving.

Elizabeth SticeTechnologyBook Reviews

On the Nature of Things

Liz Pelly's 'The Mood Machine' lays bare the corrosive effects of relating to art in a purely commercialized, consumer-driven way.

Ian HarberArtTechnologyFormation

To Go Forward, We Must Go Backward

Moving through dopamine culture requires a willingness to step back and withdraw from it into older habits of mind.

Trevin WaxTechnologyChurch

Denominations in an Age of Online Over-Exposure

Greater knowledge of the affairs of other churches combined with reduced embodied community has dramatically weakened ecclesial institutions.

Daniel HindmanTechnologyHealth & Medicine

An Epitaph for John Henry

The story of John Henry has a way of repeating itself in American history because our nation values ethereal 'progress' more than its sons and daughters.

Chris MartinTechnologyCurrent Politics

The Sins of TikTok Are Not Unique to TikTok

The argument for banning TikTok is clear enough. What is unclear is why those arguments don't apply to some American-owned apps.

Brady BowmanWorkTechnology

Best of 2024: What If There Is No Such Thing as 'Biblical' Productivity?

You don't need a Bible verse to teach you how to get stuff done or justify your strategy for getting stuff done.

Samuel C HeardTechnologyHealth & Medicine

Best of 2024: The Rise of Hyperpleasures

Hyperpleasures are strong dopamine hits that overwhelm the brain. They are an existential problem for people seeking to follow Jesus... or just be human.

Josh PaulingTechnology

Terminal Velocity is Digital Velocity: How Information Immediacy Distorts Scale, Time, and Pace

We have reached terminal velocity for information—and the results are that our own sense of the material and our own finitude has been eroded and weakened.

Jake MeadorTechnology

Information Glut and Bureaucracy

Societies with healthy, functional institutions have built-in models for sorting and filtering information. When those defenses fail, everyone suffers.

Andrew NobleTechnology

Learning the Sounds of Love

Love often comes to us in the local, embodied voice of those closest to us—and yet in our current moment it is getting ever harder to hear those voices.