AI “How Many Fingers am I Holding Up?” Guest Post, April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Share this:A Religious Ontology of AI by David Treebeard “After God, let us have our own conscience as our mentor and rule for all things, so that we may know which way the wind is blowing and set our sails accordingly.” –St. John Climacus, Ladder of Divine Ascent, Chapter 26.6 All… Continue Reading
Bold Christian Writing Lessons from Livestock, Part Three Guest Post, January 21, 2023January 23, 2023 Share this:When the Lion Lies Down with the Bug by David Treebeard Read Part OneRead Part Two The other day I was hauling a couple of cows to the slaughterhouse when a new-model truck with blacked-out windows blazed past me on the left. Big block letters on the rear window read:… Continue Reading
Christian Living Lessons from Livestock, Part Two Guest Post, January 17, 2023January 25, 2023 Share this:To Be or not to Bug by David Treebeard Read Part OneRead Part Three When animals become numbers, human numbers are not far behind. For the past several hundred years since the imaginations of Descartes and other enlighteners permeated our power structures, people have been treated as machines or numbers… Continue Reading
Christian Living Lessons from Livestock, Part One Guest Post, January 6, 2023January 25, 2023 Share this:The Living Scripture of Creation by David Treebeard Read Part TwoRead Part Three Nature is under God’s control, and all the parts of nature are part of His symbolic language. This means that all of creation offers spiritual lessons. To farm, log, or fish is to interact with an animated… Continue Reading
Go And Build A Graze of Glory: Why Good Pasture Matters Guest Post, August 5, 2022January 23, 2023 Share this:by David Treebeard IF YOU’RE READING THIS, you’re probably an American that eats meat. If that’s the case, your meat is probably too simple. Or rather, the system that produced your meat is too simple. And this oversimplification causes serious problems for your health and our country’s soils. Want to enjoy truly… Continue Reading
Go And Build One Food to Rule Them All Guest Post, July 11, 2022January 23, 2023 Share this:by David Treebeard There is a quiet storm wreaking havoc in the world of food and farming. Processing plants, warehouses, and refineries are burning down at suspicious rates. Two of the world’s largest producers of wheat (and fertilizer) are currently in a war with no end in sight. Countries like… Continue Reading
Go And Build Christ, “Climate Change,” and True Ecosophia Guest Post, June 25, 2022January 23, 2023 Share this:by David Treebeard As Christians, we know that “climate change” is obviously real. It’s so real that it can devastate entire nations in the span of a week. And the realest part of all is that climate change is anthropogenic: human-caused. But we also know that climate change has nothing to… Continue Reading