When AI Speaks for the Heart, What Happens to the Soul?

Last updated on: April 23, 2025 at 1:29 pm By Jeff McLaughlin

Fan Mail Aside, Will A.I. Soon Write Our Wedding Vows? The 2024 Summer Olympics came with some interesting side stories, including great controversy surrounding a particular advertisement. “Dear Sydney,” a Google spot featuring a girl dad of an aspiring track and field student with plans to one day break the world records of Olympian Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, was met with backlash for positing a place for artificial intelligence in writing an innocent message from the heart. The internet court of public... Read more

Intelligent, Authentic Communication In An Artificial Age

Last updated on: August 28, 2024 at 7:55 pm By Jeff McLaughlin

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Not long ago the phrase “artificial intelligence” was reserved for third rate science fiction movies, and denouncers who feared for the safety of future humanity were not yet dismissed as the tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists. Fast forward to the present AI is a household term, and the fuel of daily exuberance of stock markets speculating on its potential and promise. While overconfident fanboys and pessimistic detractors alike await the opportunity to arrogantly proclaim “I told you so!” artificial intelligence... Read more

Help! My Future Spouse Wants To Combine Finances In Marriage

Last updated on: April 22, 2025 at 12:41 pm By Jeff McLaughlin

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Recently I allowed a friend with a massive following on TikTok to feature me in a video where he read provocative statements and furnished participants with both a red and green flag as the primary method of response. Statement #1 was quite easy: “She pronounces salmon with a hard ‘L’ (‘SAL-MON’).” Instant red flag. As the questions progressed, however, I realized that I was in fact walking into a trap. Merging Finances (And Lives) In A World Of Growing Individualism “She wants... Read more

The Secret Sauce Of A Perfect Marriage

Last updated on: May 18, 2023 at 8:09 pm By Jeff McLaughlin

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It would be unfair and perhaps unethical, yet very typical of today’s internet, to leave such a provocative and promising article title promising a secret sauce of perfect marriage unaddressed for several paragraphs. No doubt this kind of salesmanship provokes an array of feelings across the readership: annoyance, skepticism, anger, curiosity, and even hope. While there is no magic elixir for a perfect marriage because, frankly, a perfect marriage doesn’t exist, there is a neglected practice that the sages, psalmists,... Read more

You Are Not My Enemy: The Power Of Perspective In Marriage

Last updated on: April 1, 2025 at 11:26 am By Jeff McLaughlin

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There are disruptors in the world today transforming processes, products, and understanding because of words of exhortation spoken over them by parents, teachers, and mentors. There are also the discouraged who are struggling to find a last measure of hope, in part because of the words of even the well-meaning. In both cases, the impact of words cannot be underestimated. Words have meaning because we give them meaning, and the source and context of our words can serve to magnify... Read more

Why You Should Get Married Young, But It’s Okay If You Don’t

Last updated on: April 22, 2025 at 12:38 pm By Jeff McLaughlin

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“Are you pregnant?” No doubt, this is the question every 18-year-old newly engaged woman wants to hear! A young, excited bride-to-be with a sound plan and a strong head on her shoulders said yes to the marriage proposal of her longtime boyfriend, a 19-year-old with a particular disinterest in a status quo life and training for a career as a first responder. The two had grown up in their church’s kids ministry and youth group, had great mentors, wisdom beyond... Read more