Soul Matters' Call for AI-Themed Sermons
Imagining the year 2032 at our request, ChatGPT rendered this image of the Rev. Peter Gilman at work on a sermon. We’ll tell his story in March, when the Soul Matters theme will be Transformation.
We're collecting AI sermons and would love to share yours!
As previously shared, we're committed to lifting up and cultivating the discussion of AI (artificial intelligence) among our Soul Matters Sharing Circle. To this end, we're supporting a new UU effort called AI & the Human, sharing their monthly interview series and now collecting & sharing UU sermons on the promise and dangers of the quickly coming AI & human world.
Our desire to gather and share sermons arises from our belief that theological voices are concerningly missing from this discussion, particularly liberal religious voices.
So please send your sermon videos and scripts our way! You can email them to scott@soulmatterssharingcircle.com.
How will they be used and shared? We'd love to share links to them in our worship packets as well as share them with AI & the Human for them to post them on their website. So please be sure to let us know if either of those are not ok. We will also be sure to check with you about what perimeters you'd like to place on them regarding Soul Matters congregations using them in their services. As a reminder, our general approach is to tell congregations they can read any texts that are shared, but that videos of the sermons can only be shared for a fee paid to the preacher.
If you are looking for some inspiration, check out the recently shared AI sermons from our colleagues Rev. Joe Cleveland and Rev. Nica Eaton!
And here's the link to October's interview with Thomas Arnold on Designing Robots that Care.
With gratitude for our circle of sharing and inspiration!
