Christmas Eve is just around the corner, and I wanted to reach out with a brief update about what’s happening here on campus. We begin at 4:00 PM with our Christmas Pageant — a heart-warming celebration filled with music, joy, and the retelling of the Nativity story. It is truly a communal gathering where children,
The eleventh session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity began examining four categories that differentiate humans from AI: morality, relationship, ontological nature, and epistemology. The first category revealed why AI can mimic virtuous behavior but can never practice virtue, because virtue requires will, and AI lacks will. Our Created Vocation: Priesthood
The tenth session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity brought together threads from previous weeks to make a definitive claim: wisdom is vocational, not computational. After exploring how the Bible contains both information (genealogies, laws, histories) and wisdom (Psalms, Proverbs, prophets, Jesus’s teachings, Paul’s letters), this session revealed why AI—no matter
The ninth session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity tackled a crucial distinction: the difference between information and wisdom. In an age where AI excels at processing vast quantities of data, this session revealed why biblical wisdom operates in an entirely different category—one that requires embodiment, relationship, and formative practice that
The eighth session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity continued exploring sin with a radical implication: mercy, not judgment, is God’s nature—and pursuing mercy, not justice, creates just societies. This challenged comfortable assumptions about divine justice and what it means to live the “cycle” of sin and repentance. Three crucial insights
The seventh session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity tackled one of Christianity’s most misunderstood concepts: sin. Rather than viewing sin as primarily shame, judgment, or moral failure, this session revealed sin as an inevitable consequence of love and freedom—and surprisingly, as the foundation of human morality and justice. Three profound
The sixth session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity explored one of Christianity’s most profound concepts: the Great Inversion. By examining the resurrection through the lens of what it means to be human, this session revealed how understanding our nature—dust and breath, body and soul—illuminates both eternal life and how we
The fifth session of Doyt’s 12-part Bible study on AI and human identity focused entirely on the theology of the body—what it means to be embodied creatures in a world increasingly populated by disembodied intelligences. “If you remember nothing else,” Doyt emphasized, “humanity is begotten and we are uniquely begotten. We are not built.” This
Fall is definitely here. Birds are migrating. Trees are turning. The Mariners are taking our breath away in the playoff season. Kids are in school, and church is back in full swing. Despite the political thunder clouds, there are these comforting rhythms of the Season. There is also a deep need to focus on our local community