“The Hub is where curiosity, entrepreneurship, and leadership together cultivate an environment for innovation”. Innovation is a word gaining buzz in many circles. It’s used for things that are exciting, new, technologically advanced, or anything wanting to distance itself from the expected or norm in our post-pandemic blueprints, but does this really speak to what… Read more »
Posts By: Matt Rawle
Pastoral Prayer—Proper 27 A (Zacchaeus)
Gracious God, Lord and Companion, we are thankful that you commune with us through loving kindness, with patience for the anxious, justice for the lowly, compassion for the suffering, and forgiveness for us all. Turn our hearts, O God, to fall in love with You. May our hearts break with what breaks yours. Hold us… Read more »
Pastoral Prayer, Jeremiah 29
Gracious God, through whom we find wholeness and home, free us from the exiles of our own making. Free us from wandering without purpose into knowing our value as your child. Free us from dependency on the things and people and places that only ask of us, into environments that also give and receive us… Read more »
The Original Sin of Chat GPT or The Birth of Phygital Tethics
In the era of rapidly evolving technology, the foundations upon which we build our digital landscapes are riddled with biases, often mirroring our own unseen prejudices. As we delve deeper into the world of artificial intelligence, specifically platforms like Chat GPT, it’s imperative to address three core challenges: the inherent biases present in technology, the… Read more »
Pastoral Prayer Easter 2 A
Gracious God, who comforts and quiets the restless and fearful, in our anxiety, give us the spirit of trust. In our worry, give us faithful hearts. Reveal to us your kingdom of confidence and calm resonating with justice and peace. Holy Father, speak to us your covenant made through Jesus’ life, suffering, and crucifixion, and… Read more »
Is it I, Lord?
“But see, the one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table. For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!’ Then they began to ask one another which one of them it could be who would do this”… Read more »
The Center of Nine Part 2: Connecting the Dots
In my previous post, The Center of Nine, I argued that the church, along with many other institutions, finds itself in the center of nine intersecting cultural circles. Three sets of three, all vying for our attention, all at once. As a refresher, the industrial age, information age, and augmented age all exist in the… Read more »
Pastoral Prayer (Luke 10:27)
Pastoral Prayer Gracious God, you framed creation with love and mercy and declared it good; yet we, desiring to justify ourselves, judge others more harshly than we judge ourselves, and often without knowledge or understanding. May our heart beat with yours. May our heart break with yours. May our heart make room for friend and… Read more »
The Center of Nine
If I hear the word “unprecedented” one more time…though those who use the word aren’t wrong. We are living in an unprecedented time, and there may be more at work contributing to our anxiety than we are aware. There are nine different spheres all vying for our attention, and the more intentional we are at… Read more »
The Rebel Jesus
It’s still the Christmas season, and the only reason I know this is because my children are not yet back in school. Because we didn’t have the normal hustle-out-the-door-before-the-sun-rises-to-get-everyone-where-they-need-to-be, I had a few rare Monday morning moments to myself. The morning began with reading a colleague’s upcoming conference message, which inspired me to consider the… Read more »