Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Reflections On 20 Years Of Blogging
Just a month after that discouraging turn of events, I decided not to wait for an outlet.
Where Have All the Funerals Gone?
Today, funerals are starting to feel like weddings of old, with clergy needing to bring Jesus to an otherwise secular affair.
Give Up Your Ladders To Nowhere
Ladders to nowhere are ladders to death.
Most volunteers don’t burn out because they’re doing too much.
The Case Against Video Preaching
Every Sunday across America significant portions of Christians show up to a church gathering only to receive the preaching of God’s word via a disembodied pastor on a screen.
The More You Use AI, The More You’ll Be Replaced By It
A thought I’ve been noodling on lately is how the more we use AI, the more likely we are to be replaced by it.
AI Promises Intimacy But Delivers Isolation
Turkle’s main concern is relational deskilling—we’re forgetting how to talk to each other.
Dear Writer, Please Stop Writing
Dear Writer, Please Stop Writing or, trying to make sense of this world.