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The Hazards of Artificially Intelligent Design

Feb 12, 2018By Jelani Greenidge0 Comments

I think a lot about artificial intelligence, in part because so much sci-fi uses AI as a dystopian horror trope. […]

Whatever Happened to Pietism?

Jan 23, 2018By John E. Phelan Jr.6 Comments

In their wonderful new book, The Pietist Option, Covenanters Mark Pattie and Chris Gehrz frequently cite Dale Brown, a major historian of the Pietist movement. […]

What Do We Want?

Jan 11, 2018By Diana Trautwein4 Comments

All my life I’ve been an avid reader, and as a long-time blogger, I’ve built up an online community with other writers, many of whom are published. So I often get a chance to read early copies of their latest […]

Compass Bearings: A Maturing Life

Jan 1, 2018By Gary Walter4 Comments

The saying goes, “You are only young once, but you can be immature forever.” The Apostle Paul understood that a maturing life with Christ is not inevitable. […]

When Two Sides Are One Too Many

Nov 29, 2017By Jelani Greenidge13 Comments

In progressive Portland, the idea that anyone could be so enamored by the cultural traditions of the Old South that they could overlook the horrors of American slavery is, well, laughable. It’s funny because it’s ridiculous—and also because it’s true. […]

Exactly. Especially. Now.

Nov 13, 2017By Diana Trautwein18 Comments

It’s late fall over here on the West Coast. The angle of the light is changing, days are shorter, breezes are brisker. Soon we will begin making plans for Thanksgiving, hoping against hope that there will be more to be thankful for at that end of the month than there is right now. […]