Pastor Tommy

There is a subtle, but growing unease in our midst, brought into the open by artificial intelligence. Some recent fuel came from an AI-generated song that quickly rose to the top of the charts. The reaction was immediate. People were fascinated. But also unsettled....

Christmas Eve gathers us from many different places. Some of us have been walking through this Advent series together. Others are here simply because it’s Christmas—because the lights are on, the songs are familiar, and for a brief moment, it feels good to be among...

In the hours and days following an act of mass violence, something predictable happens. Attention turns almost immediately to motive. Questions are asked before facts are known. Conclusions form before evidence is gathered. The human impulse is understandable: if we...

This week, in our companion book AI Ethics, Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh describes a world in which information is no longer simply received. Instead, information is engineered, customized, and optimized for influence. Every click, pause, and preference becomes a data point....

This week, as part of our Advent celebration, we light a candle representing our prayers for peace. In lighting this candle, we are reminded that Christ was born into a world shaped by fear, occupation, and political violence. Yet the longing for peace is not only...

Artificial things have been with us long before technology. Many of us remember the spray-on snow we used to decorate our windows at Christmas. We didn’t buy those cans because we needed snow; we bought them because they promised a feeling—warmth, nostalgia, a sense...