Conversation Pieces
Real-Life Conversations: Series Intro
Series intro for a 7 part series exploring Biblical wisdom for real-Life conversations in the artificial age.
With the dramatic rise of use, especially among young people, of AI companions, now is the time to remember what it means to be a human on the adventure called life. Join us as we explore the surprising ways the ancient biblical stories still speak to this very new reality.
Abundant Life in Digital Babylon
In every enduring adventure story, there comes a moment when the trajectory of the plot hinges on a single decision: resist evil, or quietly comply. The safer path is almost always compliance—stay in the Shire, remain on Tatooine, keep your head down, go with the flow of the surrounding culture.
Sacred Dialogue (Feb 2027)
Imagine we could weigh words on a scale. On one side, humanity’s words in prayer to God. On the other, words exchanged with artificial intelligence. At what point in the human story will the scales tip toward AI? Today, there is an awareness growing everywhere that, while what it means to be human will remain the same, the experience of being human will change. Nowhere more so than among the next generation.
Risk Encounter (Jan 2027)
What is at stake if the next generation begins to exchange real human encounter, for artificial connection with AI companions? When Jesus engages the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4 —the single longest conversation recorded in the Gospels— it is not only the content, but the very shape of conversation itself that is offered to us as wisdom for the importance of risking encounter.
Questioning Faith (Dec 2026)
What if reality was designed so that the distance between a question and an answer was always meant to be traversed by the connective tissue of a real-Life conversation? What then when we suddenly find ourselves in a world where the distance between our questions and answers collapses with one click of the search icon?
The Sacred Calling (Nov 2026)
In a world where every day new digital towers are being constructed, what does it look like for “we the church” to faithfully construct an ark? The stories of Noah and Babel still speak, offering wisdom for resisting the lure of fame and control and learning instead to build what can withstand the flood of digital chaos in our day.
Conversing with Serpents (Oct 2026)
More than a once upon a time fairy tale, Genesis 3 reveals those moments of truth in which we all find ourselves, often within a lifetime. As Eve converses with the serpent before the tree of knowledge of good and evil, we see unfolding not merely a hinge story upon which the fate of history turns, but also, brilliantly, a pattern that is at the heart of those hinge moments in each of our lives. Discerning this pattern is vital for navigating temptations in our digital spaces, where we, too, may encounter serpents.
Conversation as Adventure (Sept 2026)
We have only eleven verses that describe Jesus as an adolescent, but they contain a treasure trove of insight—not just for youth, but for parents and community leaders seeking to counter the deformative power of the digital age. At the heart of this story is a vision: conversation as adventure.