Archive - Digital Liturgies

A Very Special Announcement

Celebrating 5 years of this newsletter...with a giveaway!

May 6 •

Samuel D. James

How to Get People to be Friends With Machines in Three Easy Steps

This video (source) is a clip of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg talking about the company’s new AI “friends.” These are chatbots that have enough…

May 3 •

Samuel D. James

Star Wars and The Gift of Nostalgia

Last spring I took our entire family to see Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in theaters for its 25th anniversary re-release.

May 2 •

Samuel D. James

April 2025

We All Have to Answer for the Resurrection

A letter to a deconstruction Christian.

Apr 20 •

Samuel D. James

Five Years After "Gentle and Lowly," Evangelicals Still Need to Remember the Love of Jesus

Note: This article was originally published at TGC on March 3, 2021.

Apr 7 •

Samuel D. James

Rethinking Digital Privacy

A friend and I were talking over email about my accountability vs.

Apr 3 •

Samuel D. James

You Can Encourage Americans to Have More Kids and Still Be Honest About What That Means

Note: This post was sent exclusively to paid subscribers on March 28.

Apr 2 •

Samuel D. James

March 2025

You Can Encourage Americans to Have More Kids and Still Be Honest About What That Means

Last year I wrote a short post about the opportunity for witness that Christians have, given the fact that modern, secular life isn’t really that great.

Mar 28 •

Samuel D. James

Why Christian Men Need Friendship, Not Just "Accountability"

“Would you like to meet together once a week for some accountability?”

Mar 24 •

Samuel D. James

Wokeness as a Tax on Human Nature

This is how Nell Minnow’s review of the new Snow White film begins.

Mar 21 •

Samuel D. James

Anora and Andrew Tate

On sinning in the right and left direction.

Mar 6 •

Samuel D. James

On "Middle" Evangelicalism

A few weeks ago I posted this to X.

Mar 5 •

Samuel D. James

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