How to get people to be friends with machines in three easy steps: Samuel James issues a serious warning about where AI is headed, This is fundamentally different than even the porn of the traditional Internet, and many of the typical ways in which pastors and counselors address it won’t suffice. Images and videos of performers are captivating enough to damage entire generations of addicts.”
The grief that doesn’t get a eulogy: Sethlina Amakye begins, “Grief isn’t just for the ones we’ve buried. It’s also for the versions of ourselves we’ve left behind, the life we thought we’d be living, the dreams that never made it out of our hearts, the paths we thought were specific and for sure but suddenly disappeared beneath our feet.”
God’s guidelines for sex aren’t arbitrary: Trevin Wax explains, “All sex outside marriage is the result of sin’s inward curving. What’s more, all sex outside marriage deepens that tendency to turn in on ourselves instead of outward in love and fruitfulness.”
When eating became disordered: Lara d’Entremont says, “How often do you approach food with shame? We often discuss food in moral terms such as “good” or “bad” or “dirty” or “clean.” When we use this terminology, we automatically invoke feelings of shame or pride.”
The most unusual churches in the world: This video shows a church made of bones and an Ethiopian church built 600 feet up in a sandstone cliff.

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