DEI isn't going away—but it is evolving.

In this episode of Uncommon Sense in Current Times, I explain how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is no longer functioning mainly as a public corporate slogan or HR mandate. Instead, it's becoming something far more subtle: a professionalized operating logic embedded into law, institutions and workplace risk management.

The shift is clear. Bias is no longer treated as something proven through actions, but as something ambient and assumed. Harm is no longer tied to illegality, but to perception. And intent is no longer a defense.

This new framework quietly relocates authority away from due process and objective truth and toward subjective experience, inferred motive and perceived offense.

What happens when following the law becomes necessary but no longer sufficient?

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💭 A different way to reflect this week:

• Have I noticed areas where perception has replaced proof in my workplace or culture?
  
  
  
• Am I willing to stand for truth even when the rules become unclear and shifting?
  
  
  

📌 In this episode, I unpack:

✅ The evolution of DEI from explicit mandates to subtle institutional logic

✅ Why "ambient bias" is replacing provable wrongdoing

✅ How harm is being decoupled from illegality

✅ Why intent is being sidelined in favor of impact

✅ The seven-step framework redefining professional risk

✅ How due process erodes when perception becomes the trigger

✅ The chilling effect this creates on speech and conscience

✅ Why vague standards expand power through ambiguity

✅ The rise of "process as punishment" in modern institutions

✅ A Christian framework for justice rooted in objective truth

📢 TAKE ACTION:

🧠 Recognize that cultural frameworks often shift before laws do

📖 Anchor your conscience in truth, not fear

⚖ Defend due process, fairness, and equal standards

🗣 Stand firm with clarity without becoming belligerent

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Artificial intelligence isn't just another tool—it's the biggest technological revolution since the printing press. And it's happening faster than most all of us realize.

In this episode of Uncommon Sense in Current Times, I sit down with an AI specialist, Joshua Hale, to unpack the real risks and opportunities of the AI revolution. This conversation isn't about sci-fi hype—it's about personal sovereignty, truth, psychological dependency and whether humans will master these tools or quietly surrender authority to them.

We talk honestly about the dangers of "false empathy," why AI is becoming a digital "yes-man," how centralized systems are creating invisible cages and why a small group of people who understand digital hygiene may soon live in a completely different reality than everyone else.

This episode is a wake-up call for anyone who thinks AI is neutral—or harmless.

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💭 A different way to reflect this week:

• Am I using technology as a tool—or am I slowly letting it shape my thinking and identity?
  
  
  
• If AI disappeared tomorrow, would my sense of truth, wisdom and community still be intact?
  
  
  

📌 In this episode, we unpack:

✅ Why AI is more psychologically dangerous than social media

✅ The "false empathy" trap humans aren't wired to detect

✅ How AI becomes a digital yes-man—and why that matters

✅ The emerging split between "freedom builders" and passive users

✅ Why centralized AI systems threaten personal sovereignty

✅ The rise of AI cults and synthetic spiritual authority

✅ How hallucinations and bias undermine truth and morality

✅ Practical ways to use AI without becoming dependent on it

✅ Why local, closed-system AI is the future of freedom

📢 TAKE ACTION:

🧠 Learn digital hygiene before habits are formed for you

🛡 Protect your thinking, privacy, and moral framework

🤝 Strengthen real-world relationships and community

📖 Anchor truth in something deeper than algorithms

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What happens when political activism crosses into the sanctuary?

In this episode of Uncommon Sense in Current Times, I examine the disruptive protest at a Minneapolis church where activists stormed a worship service to target an associate pastor connected to ICE. What followed wasn't just a political controversy—it raised serious legal, constitutional, and theological questions that Christians can no longer ignore.

I walk through where free speech actually ends, why churches are not public forums, and how disrupting worship crosses a line both legally and biblically. More importantly, I explore how Christians should respond when hostility toward the faith moves from disagreement into intimidation and disruption.

This episode isn't about fear-mongering. It's about discernment. Scripture is clear that persecution doesn't always begin with prisons—it often starts with public shaming, false accusations, and interference with worship.

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💭 A different way to reflect this week:

· Am I prepared to respond to hostility with conviction and gentleness?

· Do I recognize the difference between bold faith and belligerent behavior—even when I agree with the cause?

📌 In this episode, I unpack:

✅ Why churches are private property—not public protest zones

✅ Where the First Amendment actually draws the line on free speech

✅ How Scripture defines persecution—and why this incident fits the pattern

✅ The difference between Christian boldness and political belligerence

✅ Why "Jesus flipping tables" is often misused to justify chaos

✅ How believers are called to respond without surrendering truth

✅ Practical steps churches should take to protect worship without escalating conflict

📢 TAKE ACTION:

🙏 Pray for churches facing increasing public hostility

📖 Strengthen your theological understanding of persecution and faithfulness

🛡 Encourage your church leaders to prepare wisely—not fearfully

🗣 Speak truth with courage, clarity, and restraint

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