In this episode of Wake Up, Look Up, Pastor Zach reflects on a New York Times article exploring how students are turning to AI to process emotions and form pseudo-relationships. He warns that emotional “offloading” to machines is distancing young people from real intimacy and increasing anxiety, while robbing parents of opportunities to truly know their children’s hearts. Drawing from Jesus’ words in Luke 6, Pastor Zach calls parents, families, and friends to do the hard work of listening, vulnerability, and human connection that no technology can replace.

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In this episode of Wake Up, Look Up, Pastor Zach challenges listeners to rethink the role politics plays in their lives, arguing that it should never become an all-consuming identity. Drawing from a Wall Street Journal op-ed and Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 13, he emphasizes that being “right” means nothing if it comes at the expense of love. The episode calls Christians to hold political convictions with humility, prioritize relationships and community, and be known first for love rather than party allegiance.

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In this episode of Wake Up, Look Up, Pastor Zach uses an unexpected environmental issue—the billions of golf balls lost each year—to challenge the modern assumption that something is only wrong if its harm is immediately visible. Drawing on Proverbs 14, he argues that human perspective is limited, while God alone sees the long-term and generational consequences of our actions. The episode invites listeners to rethink moral decision-making, trust God’s wisdom over personal perception, and consider how seemingly harmless choices may carry far-reaching impact beyond what we can see.

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