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Spiritual Wisdom for Living with AI with Julie Barrios
A Four-Part Professional Development Event
Professional Development Events are recorded, and the video recordings will be available under My Events on your Grafted Life account dashboard one week after the event.
What comes up in you when you hear the phrase “artificial intelligence”? Perhaps it’s full-scale enthusiasm because you’ve been receiving help from ChatGPT for everything from planning your vacation to landscaping that pesky bit of yard that you’ve never quite known how to plant. Or maybe it’s a blind panic or even fear, certain that this brave new world bodes ill for all humanity. Or maybe you respond with a shrug, opting to remain uninvolved and leave engagement to a different generation. All understandable responses.
What should our response be? What is God calling us to as we confront technologies that are reshaping our world? What do our directees or those in our churches need from us as their lives are potentially impacted in any one of a number of ways? All reasonable questions.
CSDA is pleased to offer a 4-part Professional Development Event led by Julie Barrios, founder of Nuos Formation: Spiritual Wisdom for Living with AI. In her capacity as a regular participant in the faith convenings held at Anthropic earlier this year, where faith leaders were briefed on the current state of AI and its projected future, Julie continues to give careful thought in the AI realm and will be sharing perspectives on artificial intelligence that will serve us well in the direction room and in our churches.
Session 1: AI–What Is It?
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 6:00-8:00 PM Central Time (remember to adjust for your time zone)
Looking at AI from historical and current perspectives
Session 2: Humanity–Who Are We?
Thursday, January 28, 2027, 6:00-8:00 PM Central Time (remember to adjust for your time zone)
Considering how AI intersects with who we are as God’s image bearers
Session 3: AI–Its Seductions and Temptations
Thursday, March 25, 2027, 6:00-8:00 PM Central Time (remember to adjust for your time zone)
Developing tools for discernment as we navigate the temptations of AI
Session 4: Wrap-up–Contemporary Questions
Thursday, May 6, 2027, 6:00-8:00 PM Central Time (remember to adjust for your time zone)
Reserving space for the newest considerations and for your questions
Julie Barrios is the founder of Nuos Formation, where she helps leaders and organizations develop spiritual discernment for the age of AI. With 20 years of experience as a spiritual director trained at Talbot Institute for Spiritual Formation and certified in Ignatian spirituality through the Loyola Institute, she brings ancient wisdom to emerging technology. Julie has participated in Anthropic’s faith convenings, exploring the intersection of AI, ethics, and faith and is passionate about helping the spiritual formation community understand this technology and technologists understand the nuances of spiritual development. She has been at the convergence of spiritual formation and tech innovation for over ten years and currently consults in the AI space.
