Join us on this Sunday, January 11th for 10:00am worship and then at our 11:30am Adult Forum.
All Are Welcome! Childcare will be provided and a light lunch will be served.
Real Life in an Age of Artificial Intelligence (Sermon)
Exodus 8:8-11; Mark 2:23-27
Learning from Jesus’s words in Mark 2:27 that “The Sabbath was made for humankind and not humankind for the Sabbath,” this message insists similarly that technology must serve genuine human flourishing rather than reduce us to optimized outputs. In an age of tireless AI and the relentless cult of productivity, the Sabbath becomes a prophetic practice that reorients us toward our true identity as beloved, embodied creatures made for relationship with God and neighbor.
An AI Made for Us (Adult Forum)
An AI Made for Us is a faith-informed approach to AI that engages with theological seriousness—neither embracing techno-utopianism nor retreating into fear. It insists we ask not only what AI can do, but who we’re becoming in an AI-saturated world. It argues AI must be designed around embodied dignity and authentic community—strengthening what philosopher Albert Borgmann called “focal practices” like shared meals, Sabbath rest, and gathered worship—because technology exists to serve human flourishing, not the reverse. It also calls to adopt a posture of Christian hope: realistic about dangers, like algorithmic bias, a surveillance marketplace, and concentrated power, yet committed to directing AI toward justice, compassion, and the fullness of life God intends for us and all creation..
