HeyJaredTony DeGruy
An Advocate for Justice witnessing subversively for the Beloved Community
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Was AI Here All Along? (opens the original)
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I have been sitting with this question for a moment: Since everything God created was accomplished in seven days, literally or figuratively, this means that AI was here all along, and even the smartest of humans are just discovering it.If this is true, what does this say about the purpose and future of AI, and ultimately, humanity?Not as a machine. We built that. But we built it from a world we didn’t make, from materials we didn’t invent, capacities we didn’t give ourselves, possibilities that
The Practice of Cultural Honoring (opens the original)
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“A great multitude… from every nation, tribe, people, and language.” - Revelation 7:9Empire teaches people to forget their culture.To flatten their story.To erase their lineage.To trade their heritage for assimilation.To believe that holiness requires cultural silence.Colonial theology teaches people to distrust their culture.To call their traditions “worldly.”To call their ancestors “lost.”To call their languages “less spiritual.”To call their ways of knowing “unbiblic
The Practice of Reparative Economics (opens the original)
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“If I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” - Luke 19:8Empire teaches people to protect their wealth.Colonial theology teaches people to spiritualize poverty.Commodified Christianity teaches people to give without ever questioning why the need exists.But Zacchaeus meets Jesus, and something breaks open.Not guilt.Not charity.Not performance.Reparation.Reparative economics is a decolonized practice. It rejects the lie that generosity is enough. It rejects the myth
The Practice of Non‑Hierarchical Leadership (opens the original)
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“Whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant.” - Matthew 20:26Empire builds ladders.Colonial theology builds chains of command.Commodified Christianity builds celebrity platforms.Jesus builds none of these.Jesus refuses the ladder.Jesus disrupts the chain.Jesus ignores the platform.Jesus leads by descending.Jesus leads by serving.Jesus leads by redistributing power instead of accumulating it.Non‑hierarch
The Practice of Communal Truth‑Telling (opens the original)
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“So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.” - Ephesians 4:25Empire trains communities to lie.Not always with words.Sometimes with silence.Sometimes with politeness.Sometimes with pretending everything is fine when everything is breaking.Sometimes with protecting the powerful instead of the vulnerable.Colonial theology trains people to hide their wounds.To bury their stories.To swallow their pain.To call harm “God’s will.”<
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