Hagar's story reminds us that God sees our pain. The God of Abraham and Sarah was looking out for her, even though Abraham and Sarah did not. Scripture tells the stories of many fierce and faithful women. Learn more from them in 'Fierce and Faithful' by Carmen Imes and Nijay Gupta.

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A Sandhill Crane giving a look as he/she was passing by on the nature trail.

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Leadership from a pastor who uses AI without grappling with those ethics would always seem problematic to me.

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I think there are ways to use the functions of AI that could be helpful and ok (e.g. generate a historiography on topic x so I can read up), but the bad ethics of how AI is developed and implemented probably mean the benefits will never be justified.

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The #HydePark #Chicago Garden Fair will have over 95 species of Native Plants this year, including some new ones (or ones we haven't had lately) NEW: a Monarch Starter Kit--two plants for the caterpillars, two plants for mid summer nectar and two plants for late summer fuel for the migration. 1/n

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