EP. 104 | Should Christian Writers Use AI? w/ Allen Arnold

If you’re a writer, you’ve probably heard some version of this: AI is here to stay, so you’d better learn to use it—or risk being left behind. But what if the greater risk isn’t refusing to embrace artificial intelligence—but allowing efficiency, convenience, and technology to replace something essential about the way God designed us to create?

This week we’re talking with Allen Arnold—author, creativity coach, fiction publisher of more than 500 novels, and co-host of the Wild at Heart podcast with John Eldredge. We’re talking about AI, social media, creative risk, and what it looks like to defy the artificial and create with the Creator. Listen in!

Tune in to Hear:

What AI and social media have in common, and the longing underneath both
Allen’s firm stance on AI in creativity, and the simple question he asks writers
Why Allen believes the artificial can never make us, or our work, more real
How the pull to do more and the pull to be less keeps writers stuck
A new way to define success, one you can experience every single day, no matter your sales or follower count

More About Allen:

Allen Arnold is at the forefront of a creative awakening on how to pursue one’s dreams and make what matters with—rather than just for—God. He is a proven story expert, having spent a decade as Fiction publisher of more than 500 novels and continuing to pour into writers around the world. He is the co-host of the popular WIld at Heart Podcast with John Eldredge, an international speaker, creativity coach, and acclaimed author of six books: The Creativity Glitch, Chaos Can’t, Waves of Creativity, The Eden Option, Risk the Real, and the allegory The Story of With. Allen savors strong coffee, blue oceans, hot salsa, and big ideas. Discover more at withallen.com

Links from the Show:

To read the blog post inspired by this episode, check out Christian Writers and AI: Why Allen Arnold Is Choosing to Create With the Creator
Learn more about Allen and his work at WithAllen.com
Find free daily readings on God, story, & creativity at WithAllen.com/sign-up
Hear more from Allen as the co-host of the Wild at Heart podcast
Check out his books: Creativity Glitch* and Risk the Real.*
Curious about the other end of the AI spectrum? Listen to Our conversation with Thomas Umstattd, Jr. on AI Tool for Writers
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