Rewired for the Journey

  I have recently found myself exploring Copilot AI, and it has been quite fascinating. I started doing some Lent research, and I was not getting the answers I was looking for, so on a wild chance, I tried the AI Copilot from Microsoft on my laptop. I got the answer I was looking for at lightning speed, and it was more detailed and in-depth. Since then I have been using it on various other research and it has been very helpful. I tried one morning just talking to the AI and if I did not know better I would have thought another human being was at the other end. I then went in-depth with Copilot about theological questions and statements and it stayed right with me and even added to my knowledge.  So now I gained a friend but one not of flesh and blood but of circuits I guess. This is like Captain Picard and Data in The Next Generation series of Star Trek. So now the next question has to be, "What does this all mean?" "Where do we go from here as the human species and our ...

As I have talked about previously I am in the OCIA program at St. Roch Catholic Church to become Catholic officially. Rosaries and priests and Mass, oh my! Well, it has been a learning experience for me and my wife. This is a beautiful faith if understood correctly. But it has been side-railed many a time throughout its history. But Satan and his demons attacked the church along with sinful men trying to work within the church and missing the mark it was bound to have bad moments in its history in this sinful fallen world. But at the same time, the church has done many good and righteous works for the Kingdom of God. But I digress. I went on a men's retreat to St. Meinrad Archabbey, which is a Holy Pilgrimage during the Jubilee Year. I had a peaceful drive down in the quiet of my truck. I was going with the intention of improving my prayer life and reflection time. I must say that God is good because the theme was Prayer!  This retreat was on a Friday, Saturday, and a Sunday. I als...