These are some reflections after a panel discussion on AI that happened at the college where I work. The panel was made up of about 8 students and faculty. It turned out to be mostly one-sided with most folks on the panel and in the audience being anti-AI. Those who were AI advocates or AI-curious got quiet and felt like the space was not conducive to other view points. AI discourse has already…

I am headed to Portland, OR and Camas, WA with my wife Emily in a couple of weeks. I wanted to share out more specifics about that trip, plus a few other updates while I have you on the line.

I've been working on the redesigned of the site over the last few weeks using Claude Code. I have always enjoyed working on website designs, and have a number of favorite custom designs in the history of Gathering in Light.

I worked with a friend only to develop a guide for introducing platforms like Mastadon for Quakers who are looking for an alternative to Twitter/Facebook/Instagram. See that guide below or find it online here: https://friendsonthefediverse.com

Just got a wonderful zine in the mail yesterday from Power Tools of AI by Bart Fish:

Power Tools of AIPower Tools is an art series focused on critiquing AI toolmen and genAI. Featuring zines, a newsletter and AI critical resources.

On the cover they off these 10 rules worth sharing here (given my recent explorations on the subject with my questions and my short fiction piece). As you'll see, I…

As I mentioned earlier, I built a homemade igloo this weekend with my kids. As a result of all this snow we’re getting here in North Carolina, we had a remote day today at the college where I teach. With having classes today, I knew I had Zoom on the docket for today.

Some of what I have been doing in my morning writing and research time is trying my hand at a dystopian short story about AI going to a Quaker meeting. I hope to share that here sometime soon, once I find myself out of the editing phase.

A short-story of speculative fiction about an AI-bot and what happens when it goes to a Quaker meeting.

This morning, after listening to the most recent episode of the Pen Addict, I was inspired to create an "analog defaults" page with the pens and notebooks I use everyday.

I’m visiting PNW Quakers putting March (7-8) for three "talks." The first is a workshop I'm offering at the Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends Quarterly Meeting in Camas, WA (Camas Friends Church).

Here’s the working title and description:

Endless Revolution - The Lamb’s War and Framing Quaker Relationships to Empire Today

Description:

In this workshop, we will explore the early…

A new study guide for the book Resisting Empire is shared here for free download.

This is a sermon I preached at Camas Friends Church in Camas, WA about the Attention, Empire and the Good Samaritan on March 8, 2026

Empire's Algorithms

I have been thinking a lot about attention recently. Last fall I taught a first year class for Guilford students called "Boredom as a Superpower" that looked at the ways in which our ability to focus and hold attention is being targeted by…