Discipleship and spirituality in 2026

This is a web page of resources that augmented a workshop on discipleship and spirituality held in August of 2026 through Faith+Lead at Luther Seminary. The workshop was prompted by the publication of the Oxford Handbook of Digital Theology, in which I wrote the entry "online discipleship and spiritual formation."

Specific to Faith+Lead

My videos on the handbook

Pedagogical resources

My handout on using a commercial for theological reflection and also here is an admittedly older list of commercials available online to use for this exercise.
My handout on the "glimpses of God" exercise
My research on stories that care for creation

Other video resources

Tristan Harris’ TED talk
Aza Raskin on AI
Wisdom in the age of information, Maria Popova
Misunderstandings about religion (a brief piece about diversity, done for the HarvardX mooc)
Situatedness in religion (a brief piece done for the HarvardX mooc)
Religion: crash course sociology
Hank Green on "redefining what it means to matter"
Journey Films

Resources I suggest on AI and related topics

Peter Levenstrong’s substack
the DELTA project at Notre Dame
TIDEL: Housed at Union Theological Seminary, technology, innovation, and digital engagement Lab
The Center for Humane Technology
Pope Leo’s Encyclical on AI, Maginifica Humanitas
The Wabash Center resource guide
Critical media literacy for an AI world
Susan David’s "emotional agility"
Priya Parker on "the art of fighting"
The Pro-Human AI Declaration
The Church AI Toolkit
The Algorithm and the Almighty a Presbyterian document
The ELCA issue statement on AI
Reclaiming Human Agency in an Age of AI, a Journal of Moral Theology piece
Claude’s constitution
CEFE-AI: Consortium for Faith and Ethics in AI

(image of labyrinth courtesy of Vince Kowalski)