Helped a lot by Google’s Notebook LLM we look at the accident of distance, the unintentional disconnect between us an God that sometimes creeps in.

I usually spend my mornings troubleshooting cloud-based document management solutions, navigating AI implementations for clients or wondering why my smart fridge has decided to stage a silent protest against my choice of cold drink, so finding a lengthy papal encyclical on Artificial Intelligence in my inbox was a bit like receiving a system update for my soul.
We often labour under the delusion that we need to "tidy the cupboards of our souls" before we can let God in. We treat our spiritual lives like a divine audit, terrified that our lack of "filter" or our general dishevelment might trigger some celestial "Access Denied" message.
We often treat the sudden exit of Ananias and Sapphira as a terrifying divine audit, yet it is actually the ultimate cure for our modern obsession with spiritual stage-management. Their tragedy was not a matter of a lightened purse but a heavy heart that was far too preoccupied with the fickle applause of the gallery. By pretending to be more holy than they truly were, they missed the profound rest of being fully known by a Father who sees every secret. When we finally stop performatively tidying the cupboards of our souls, we find a love that requires no filters.
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