"Writing Software, Or Midwifing a Deity?"

The Day It Switches Off

https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/] When a government directive switched off the world's most powerful AI for three weeks, millions felt something unexpected: withdrawal. Drew traces the fast nobody chose through wilderness manna, Egypt's horses, and silent medieval bells, asking what our scramble for substitutes reveals, and how interruption becomes introduction to the God who stays. https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/]

The Ghost in the Feed

https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/] The internet has quietly stopped being human. Most content is now synthetic, AI companies are hiring philosophers to manage the fallout, and vulnerable people are turning to chatbots for guidance that belongs in a pastor's office. Drew asks: if Westminster answered 'what is a human for' in 1647, why are we letting Silicon Valley answer it now? https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/]

The Temptation to Go Silent

https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/] What happens when you hand your voice to a machine and ask it to speak for you? A generation is being tempted to go silent, to outsource expression, identity, and even prayer. This week, Drew explores the theology of voice, the rough draft as sacred ground, and the God who still insists on the stuttering prophet. https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/]

The 'Instant Everything' Problem

https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/] What happens to the soul when every hard question comes with an instant answer? AI delivers information on demand. But formation has never moved that fast. This week, we explore the spiritual cost of frictionless faith, why God will not be googled, and what the church can offer that no algorithm can. https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/]

Ordinary Time, On Purpose

https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/] The AI news cycle doesn't have a Sabbath mode. This week, Anthropic filed toward a trillion-dollar valuation. SpaceX and OpenAI follow soon. The noise is real, and it's accelerating. But the church just entered Ordinary Time, the slow green season of formation. Drew explores what the liturgical calendar knows that Silicon Valley doesn't. https://drewdickens.substack.com/ [https://drewdickens.substack.com/]