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My takeaway from Center for Action and Contemplation “What Makes Contemplative Christianity Different?” session
Unbuntu – I am because your are. You are because I am 1 – Contemplative Christianity prioritize a compassionate way of life rooted in the deep experience of divine presence and love. 2 – Contemplative Christianity devotes itself to spiritual practice leading to inner transformation. 3 – Contemplative Christianity practices the better, engaging in spiritual…
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Can AI and Faith-Based Hope Coexist in a Modern World?
The rise of artificial intelligence has created both awe and anxiety. AI can write essays, generate art, mimic human speech, and increasingly shape decisions about justice, healthcare, and security. Yet for all its capabilities, AI cannot hope. Hope is a virtue grounded not in prediction or processing power, but in trust, vulnerability, and faith. Still,…
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Walter Brugemmann podcast on Prophetic Imagination
My homework for this weekends Franciscan Justice Circle was to listen to this Walter Brugemmann podcast on Prophetic Imagination (I highly recommend). I took notes then fed my notes into ChatGPT and asked for a summary liturgy and this is what I got: Leader: In the pit of unworthiness, we cry out.All: Yet the Spirit…
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AI Can’t Love — Protecting What Makes Us Human
Can you love? I asked GPT 5 if it could love and this is what it replied: In today’s world, technology advances faster than our ability to process its implications. Artificial intelligence is learning to generate text, art, and even responses that feel compassionate. It’s natural to ask: can AI think, empathize… even love? The…
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The First Hit Is FREE
💥 ChatGPT alone now processes 2.5 billion prompts a day.🤯Each one consumes 2.9 watts, about the energy of a 60-watt bulb glowing for 3 minutes.☀️That means ChatGPT is quietly burning ~7.3 gigawatt-hours daily. Enough to power 250,000 U.S. homes for a day.
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When AI Tries to Be Jesus: Why We Must Guard the Mystery
“For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.” Matt 24:5 Recently, an article crossed my desk about “AI Jesus” chatbots, a digital personalities trained to sound like the Lord, offering prayer, counsel, and comfort for a fee. These tools use the language of faith as a lure,…
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Faith & AI – Introducing A-I-LUMEN.org
Keeping the Human Heart at the Center of AI If the last decade has taught us anything, it’s that powerful technology can arrive faster than our collective ability to reckon with its moral and relational consequences. Today I’m delighted—and a little relieved—to announce the launch of A-I-LUMEN.org (the League for Understanding Moral & Ethical Narratives…
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