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Make it Simple — fixing the problem of power
Abundance, complexity — the language around the public discourse is avoiding the problem (power) and solution (simplicity).
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Seeking the mind of the father
We ought to read the the parable of the prodigal son with the other lost parables — it helps us better see the mind of the father.
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This week’s question: the easy route or the truth?
This Week: Epiphany 5CGospel: Luke 5:1-11 The call stories in the synoptics are familiar for their common refrain: Jesus inviting them to come fish for people. It is a great line and one so recognizably inviting. We get the point, even when we aren’t professional fishermen. We can translate it pretty easily. Luke’s version has much…
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What do we do now?
When we are stuck in a fog and don’t know what we’re supposed to do, how do we see our way out of it? What will actually help us?
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Life and death—for Proper 7B
The disciples feel like the situation is dire. And Jesus is in the back snoozing like it’s no big deal. But is it any deal at all?
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Should you click this headline?
We use algorithms to help us find the things we want. But they also serve up stuff we’d be better off not feeling like we want.
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Is it worth seeing in the theater?
As a movie person, I love going to movie theaters. So why don’t we go anymore? Perhaps we should stop pretending it is about the movies.
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Living in the third impossibility
As the current form of artificial intelligence grows, we are experiencing a dramatic transformation in how we live.