Extension Materials
Podcast: Reid Hoffman, On Being with Krista Tippett (05 October 2023), “What It Means to Be (More) Human”
Article: Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC: News: Tech (02 December 2014), “Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind”
Article: Josh Kaplan, The Jewish Chronicle: News: World (16 January 2023), “New York rabbi delivers sermon written by artificial intelligence”
Article: Nitasha Tiku, The Washington Post: Tech (15 November 2015), “How Sam Altman is pushing OpenAI into the ‘Big Tech’ pantheon”
Article: Matt McFarland, The Washington Post: Tech: Artificial Intelligence (24 October 2014), “Elon Musk: ‘With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon’”
Article:
Kevin Roose, The New York Times: Artificial Intelligence (30 May 2023), “A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn”
Article: Staff Writer, Vatican News: Pope (05 November 2020), “Pope’s November prayer intention: that progress in robotics and AI “be human”
Extension Materials
Reference Source: American Psychological Association, APA Dictionary of Psychology, definition of positive-negative asymmetry
Article: Matthew Myers Boulton, SaltProject.org, "Touch: SALT’s Lectionary Commentary for Easter 3, 08 April 2024"
Poem: Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), JourneywithJesus.net, "Christ Has No Body"
Book: Rowan Williams, A Ray of Darkness, p.159
Book: Kathleen Norris, Amazing Grace, p.238
Song: Tracy Chapman (2005), "Change"
Book: Pádraig Ó Tuama, In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World (Kindle Edition), p.135
Extension Materials
Book: Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm, Preaching The Gospel of Mark, p. 261.
Book: Fred Craddock, Christian Century (03 April 2003) He is not here, p. 21
Article: Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek.com: News (26 February 2024), "Aaron Bushnell's Facebook Reveals Final Message Before Self-Immolation"
Article: Shanay Gracia and Hannah Harting, Pew Research Center (19 March 2024), "About 1 in 4 Americans have unfavorable views of both Biden and Trump"
Article: Rebecca Murphy, Journal for Preachers, vol. XLVII, Number 3, Easter, 2024, “Somehow,” p. 30
Sermon Notes- Sunday, March 24, 2024
Service Scriptures
Mark 11:1-11 and
Mark 14:12-25
Additional Scriptures Referenced
Romans 10:17
Psalm 118:19-29
Mark 10:32-34. See also
Mark 8:31-33 &
Mark 9:30-32.
Extension Materials
Book: William Sloane Coffin, The Selected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin, Vol. 1, p. xviii.
Book: Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings, pp. 68-69.
Book: D. Hélder Câmara, The Desert is Fertile, p. 24.
Book: Peter J. Gomes, Sermons, “Beyond Tragedy,” p. 70.
Book: Cynthia M. Campbell and Christine Coy Fohr, Meeting Jesus at the Table, p. 79 [Kindle Edition].
Book: Carrie Newcomer, ( 07 April 20) "You Can Do This Hard Thing"
Sermon Notes- Sunday, March 17, 2024
Service Scriptures
Philippians 2:1-8
and
Luke 14:15-24
Additional Scriptures Referenced
Extension Materials
YouTube Video: Saturday Night Live (14 November 2021), Skit -
SNL Man Park
Report:
Barker, G., Hayes, C, Heilman, B., & Reichert, M. (2023),
The State of American Men: From crisis and confusion to hope. Washington, DC
Articles: Daniel A. Cox, Survey Center on American Life
(06 July 2021),
American Men Suffer a Friendship Recession
(08 June 2021),
The State of American Friendship: Change, Challenges, and Loss
(29 June 2021),
Men’s Social Circles are Shrinking
Article: Brad Stulberg, Time: Ideas: Health (03 November 2022), Extended Loneliness Can Make You More Vulnerable to Extremist Views, Ideas
Article: Jillian Peterson and James Densley, New York Times: Opinion (26 January 2023), We Profiled the ‘Signs of Crisis’ in 50 Years of Mass Shootings. This Is What We Found
Article:
Vivek Murthy, Harvard Business Review (26 September 2017),
Work and the Loneliness Epidemic
Article:
Vivek H. Murthy, New York Times, (30 April 2023),
Surgeon General: We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It’s Time to Fix That
Podcast: Host - Vivek H. Murthy, House Calls Podcast U.S. Department of Human Services, Office of the U.S. General Surgeon, (02 May 2023 ) Episode:
You Are Not Alone in Feeling Lonely, House Calls
Sermon Notes- Sunday, March 10, 2024
Service Scriptures
James 2:1-5
&
Luke 14:7-14
Additional Scriptures Referenced
Extension Materials
Podcast: Host: Shankar Vedantam (19 February 2024), Episode: US 2.0: Not at the Dinner Table, The Hidden Brain Podcast
Article: Debie Thomas (25 August 2019), Places of Honor, Journey with Jesus
Quote: Leo Tolstoy, "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” from “Three Methods of Reform” in Pamphlets: Translated from the Russian (1900).as quoted from Lilith Regan's Quotes by Leo Tolstoy (2020).
Poem: Robert Frost in The Poems of Robert Frost, “The Lesson for Today", last stanza
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