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Writings and Musings of Dr. Matthew C. Gillum

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  • Calling

    I was thinking the other day on the nature of Calling. Ministry certainly leans heavily into the idea, but it’s not just there. I hear often of teachers or coaches or counselors or artists leaning into what they perceive is their Calling, and in fact thus we get the word for a career of vocation.…

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    May 18, 2025
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    belonging, bible, calling, christianity, faith, god, jesus, job, knowing, making a difference, meaning, ministry
  • The Early Bird Gets the Worm, but Worms are gross and mornings are stupid.

    The title of this post is a quote that I love to pitch out there. As I get older, the heavier my grudge grows toward the sunrise, bird song, and dewy grass. They say that the sunrise is underrated, but do you know what I think is underrated? Sleeping til 10:00 AM, then having a…

    matthewcgillum

    May 14, 2025
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    coffee, jesus, mornings, sunrise, worms
  • Groggy Worship

    Recently I had the opportunity to attend a conference, and as part of that conference they opened with worship. While this was a noble way to get things started, it became quickly apparent to me that it was going to be dreamy and slow in style, which doesn’t jive well with me at 9:00 in…

    matthewcgillum

    May 7, 2025
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    bible, faith, god, jesus, worship
  • ImAIgo

    Ever get creeped out by AI photos? As these dumb image generators and LLMs are pumping out content that spews onto my social media feeds, I find myself with that uneasy feeling of distaste when I see the photos. As you can tell by the picture above (generated by AI), there are just a few…

    matthewcgillum

    April 25, 2025
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    ai, art, artificial-intelligence, beauty, christianity, creation, creativity, jesus, technology, writing
  • Imago

    Pictured above is a self-portrait my daughter made. I love the art, because my girl was challenged to take those thoughts and emotions that she has about her own identity and create something. She imagined, and it became an image. Volumes have been written on what it means to be created in the Image of…

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    April 23, 2025
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    art, bible, christianity, faith, god, image, imago dei, jesus, meaning, poetry, purpose
  • Behold

    I like to laugh at biblical language sometimes. With the centuries of translations, interpreters have turned out some very interesting language. I like the idea in today’s context just to shout out “Hark!” Not for any good reason, but because it startles folks. And when asked on my favorite Bible verse, I often point to…

    matthewcgillum

    April 17, 2025
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    abide, behold, bible, easter, faith, god, hope, jesus, resurrection
  • Mirrors Make Terrible Windshields

    I’m not great at parking. Since college (when I drove hundreds of miles in a 15 person van towing a short trailer), I’ve been very aware of my deficiency in that area. When looking in a rearview mirror, I struggle to identify the lines. My method could be described more as wishful thinking than precision.…

    matthewcgillum

    April 15, 2025
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    beauty, bible, christianity, god, jesus, metamodernism, proverbs, wisdom
  • Why Should A=πr², or Who Cares about the Height of a Trapezoid?

    My daughter is currently working her way through 6th Grade accelerated math, which combines algebra and beginnings of geometry. With her school system having a practice of not requiring homework until Middle School, it has been a steep learning curve to say the least. As she goes through these equations finding the areas of circles,…

    matthewcgillum

    April 12, 2025
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    control, education, frustration, learning, life, math, mathematics, teaching, trapezoid
  • Call of Duty and Metamodern Masculinity

    Whenever I have the task of entertaining a group of young guys, one thing that I’ll normally do is pull up some trick videos on YouTube. No group does this better than DudePerfect. They have somehow created a cottage industry of trick shots, pranks, and challenges that all function in a space that is clean…

    matthewcgillum

    April 11, 2025
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    bottleflip, callofduty, dudeperfect, gender, masculinity, men, mental-health, metamodernism
  • Overflow, Not Runoff

    A few days ago I applied the principles of water runoff from a torrential rain storm to the way that we saturate our lives with “spiritual growth” but do not let it flow on to others. It’s a good conversation for the individual movement. But does the principle apply beyond the individual? Yesterday, David Kinnaman…

    matthewcgillum

    April 9, 2025
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    barna, bible, christianity, david kinnaman, discipleship, faith, global missional ai summit, jesus, revival
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