Auroras remind us of thresholds of heaven and earth meeting. We are connected by electromagnetic beauty all over the world tonight. This taken tonight in Princeton, NJ.
If you haven't yet read Ted Chiang's essay on generative AI and art, get on it. For my money, it's one of the best things written on AI, period—it gets to the heart of what's so dismaying about AI in a single haunting sentence:
"It reduces the amount of intention in the world."
For the first time ever, I sit down with my dad for a tender, public interview about our relationship with @anniefdowns. How do you love across difference? A gay son + his conservative father share what they’ve learned: https://t.co/UXPHnYjeO0
Now would be a good time to start thinking about what practices and habits and relationships we will need to be able to make it through the election season with the energy and emotional bandwidth to serve our communities (and most vulnerable neighbors) when it’s over.
Going on a sabbatical? Here are a few book recommendations to stir your heart for Christ:
Gentle & Lowly - Dane Ortlund
The Bruised Reed - Richard Sibbes
Lessons from the Upper Room - Sinclair Ferguson
What books would you add?
As part of my personal devotional practice, I listen to a sermon preached by a woman every Friday.
Do you have a favorite (whether you're the preacher or not)?
I'd love it if you'd leave me a link below.