Understanding the times
Your workbook for the two-episode pilot. Write in it as you go — everything saves in this browser as you type.
The men of Issachar understood the times and knew what God's people should do.
Where you are right now
This is not a test and there are no right answers. We're measuring change, so an honest low score now is more useful to us than a generous one. Confidential — program evaluation only.
In a sentence or two: how would you explain to a member of your congregation what AI actually is?
Where, if anywhere, is AI already shaping your ministry — invited or not?
What Is AI
The goal isn't to make you technical. It's to get you past the fog. You can't read a moment you've only half understood.
One thing that made sense for the first time
One thing that bothered you
In your own words: how does AI decide what to say next?
Say it the way you'd say it to a board member who doesn't care about the math.
Where has AI given you an answer you couldn't have checked?
The model returns what's probable, not what's true. Where would that have cost you?
Where has AI removed friction you were glad to lose?
Where has it removed friction you needed?
A backhoe saves your back. Some struggle is the formation itself.
Which uses of AI in your ministry are low-risk, and which are high-risk?
Where do you have the expertise to catch it when it's wrong — and where don't you?
One place you'll pay closer attention this week.
Dignity
This technology carries a sermon of its own. Nobody preaches it, but everyone hears it: you are worth what you produce. Our work is to know why that's false — and to be able to say so to someone at their kitchen table.
Who in your congregation is most afraid right now about their work?
You don't have to name them. Just describe them.
A line you want to argue with
A line you want to keep
Worm or worship — which is the live temptation for you right now?
And which one is live for your congregation? They're often not the same.
What machine language have you caught yourself using about people?
Bandwidth. Ping. Reboot. Upgrade. What does it do to us to talk that way?
Where could AI in your ministry turn a person into a profile?
The Samaritan knew one thing about the man in the road: he was a human being. What would be lost if a system had sorted him first?
Making things with AI: a dominion problem, or just a new paintbrush?
One side says we were made to create and shouldn't hand it off. The other asks what's different from the designer who traded a brush for Photoshop — and what about the church that could never afford a designer at all.
Take one practice or tool you already use. Run it through the dignity lens.
What would have to change?
Who is your man at the kitchen table — and what will you do this week?
Not a principle. A phone call, a visit, a coffee, a sentence in Sunday's sermon.
Where you are now
These are the same nine statements, word for word. That repetition is the measurement. Rate where you actually are now, not where you think you should be.
How would you explain to a member of your congregation what AI actually is?
Same question as Part 1 — answer it fresh, without looking back.
What did Episode 2 name that you had felt in your ministry but hadn't put words to?
Name one thing you'll do differently in the next 30 days as a result of these two episodes.
What was missing, unclear, or unconvincing?
Be blunt. This is the most useful thing you can give us.
Would you recommend these episodes to a peer?
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