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Secular Priests, Systems at Scale and Picking a Lane
Secular priests with pie servers. They're doing their best. But the pie was never the big picture, because it's a pie.
2 days ago6 min read


Applications vs Apples, or Never Mind the Goldfish Bowl!
It's like they're saying LOOK, to redirect our thinking to the applications, when we were asking about the apples. And also the other way around. Or something.
Nov 22 min read


Why God said don’t count. (In words of one bounce)
This is a post. Of one bounce words. On not — hmm. Well, um, on… argh. More than. Err. I think you will have to read it.
Nov 11 min read


The New Latin
You know, like, posts, that, well — won't get read, why? Citations. Backlinks. Fair, but it's a decision with its own grammar.
Oct 188 min read


The One about Anthropic and the Religious Leaders: notes that seem obvious, don't they?
So many questions are raised for me at a — deeper level. Am I allowed to say that, or is that domain already claimed by tech companies?
Oct 186 min read


Elihu and the Chainsawed Hoover
What if, in hindsight, the director's cut of your life reverse engineers your current grasp of common sense.
Oct 178 min read


Study booths and Sabbath: the enduring requirement for headspace
Gimme shelter, sang the Rolling Stones. Give everyone headphones and a study booth, might be the 2027 remix.
Oct 163 min read


Follow Your Nose
Church is — well, not an optional extra, of course, and yet I can't help thinking that sometimes artificiality leaves us feeling depressed, while sometimes pushing back leads back to God.
Oct 133 min read


Algorithms Stand Back, Please. This One's for Human Resonance.
Yes, there's SEO and all that, and this is a blog post after all. But I'm much more interested in making eye contact with the person at the bus stop. So, whatever.
Oct 132 min read


Chips and Chips: What's Getting Chipped Away?
So, there's chips, and there's chips. Ask your great-grandparents, and then ask the nearest five-year-old. A crucial difference. Not just one.
Oct 83 min read
Notes on Trust, Contingency and Chapter Seventeen
The unfolding of Chapter Seventeen's architecture and approach feels compelling. I’m thinking aloud here about potential areas of research.
Oct 56 min read


Catacombs and Smuggling
How can I say this loudly enough. There are sites that get the job done, and there are sites that don't think that was the point.
Sep 253 min read


Setting the Stage on any given Thursday
What happens in the space where faith, muscle memory, and a Bible story meet — this day. Or Thursday…
Sep 34 min read
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