The world wants you to compartmentalize: keep each part of your life in its own room, on its own shelf, with its own label. I've never been able to do that. Every area I've poured effort into ends up connected to the others. Right now, that nexus is faith, technology, and ventures. If that sounds like your kind of restlessness, welcome.
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Faith & AI
The Prayer the Machine Cannot Say
AI can write a beautiful prayer. It just can't pray one.
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The Machine That Paints
AI can generate art, compose music, and write poetry. But creativity was never just about the output. It was about the creator. And that difference is theological.
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From Doing to Being
The vocation conversation addresses what happens when AI replaces your tasks. But there's a deeper question: who are you when the machine starts shaping your inner life?
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Mark Ross Junkans?
Mark Ross Junkans is a Christian author, entrepreneur, and faith and technology speaker. He writes about faith in the age of AI, publishes daily devotionals, and runs an AI consultancy (Advira.ai) alongside ventures in energy, international development, and cross-cultural Christian mission. He's a 3x Ironman and ultrarunner who lives in Houston, Texas.
What does Mark write about?
Mark writes Christian books about technology, faith and AI, and daily devotionals. His book The Return of Mystery explores what happens to faith when machines can do everything we thought made us human. His 3 Verses a Day devotional series helps readers engage scripture simply and deeply. Your AI Employee is a practical guide to building AI assistants for life and business.
What is business as mission?
Business as mission is the conviction that commerce should serve something beyond the bottom line. It means doing real work in real markets with real accountability, in a way that creates human flourishing. Not charity wearing a business costume. Not a regular company with a Bible verse on the wall. The actual, unglamorous work of building something sustainable that leaves things a little better than it found them.