Technology

What the history of bread making teaches us about rest, curiosity and joy

A writer who teaches bread baking as a spiritual practice reflects on human touch, innovation and lessons from Genesis.

By Kendall Vanderslice Author

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Karl Stutzman and Ruth Szpunar: How do religious leaders evaluate information?

A new study examines how clergy find and evaluate the information they need and how they help congregants navigate today’s information landscape.

Religious AI: Seven principles to consider when using GPTs

After studying religious GPTs, a scholar of technology and faith offers guidelines to help pastors who use these tools.

By Heidi A. Campbell Professor, Texas A&M University

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What Zoom has taught us about in-person connection and stewardship of relationships

The expansion of virtual meeting options during the pandemic allowed us to continue our work and personal interactions more safely. Now, we need to rediscover the value of in-person gathering versus online efficiency, writes a director of grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity.

By Victoria Atkinson White Director of Grants, Leadership Education at Duke Divinity

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Can AI help reverse Babel?

A multilingual congregation experiments with AI translation to improve communication in churches where people speak multiple languages, writes their pastor.

By A. Trevor Sutton Pastor and writer

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Five years after the start of the COVID pandemic, here are three ways congregations continue to be affected

The emergence of COVID changed our lives. Professor and researcher Scott Thumma highlights how congregations have changed.

By Leslie Quander Wooldridge Journalist

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Anna Robbins: What happens when a seminary course is AI-generated?

Acadia Divinity College is experimenting with a course created entirely by AI, part of a project to understand and reflect on the impact of this emerging technology on theological education.

Larger churches have had an easier, more successful transition to using technology after the pandemic

New research reveals uncertainty about technology use among smaller churches, while for larger churches it has become “second nature.”

By Shari Finnell Journalist

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Technological hesitancy and digital reluctance can be barriers to digital justice

Negative attitudes toward the adoption of technology during the pandemic raise issues of fairness and justice into the future, writes the author of a study on the post-pandemic church.

By Heidi A. Campbell Professor, Texas A&M University

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Church attendance is still evolving in a post-pandemic world

The latest findings from a five-year study reveal church attendance is recovering but without a discernible pattern.