The Church of the Gardens

04/16/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/dutiesofcitizenship/p/when-we-know-something-is-wrong-a?r=9ht5m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

When courts, governments, and systems no longer clearly resolve truth, the responsibility to discern returns to the individual—but how do we do that, and what are we called to do in response?

04/10/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/dutiesofcitizenship/p/the-question-i-was-asking-was-wrong?r=9ht5m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Why governments, democracies, courts, nor AI can replace the responsibility each of us bears to discern truth through love of God and neighbor

04/07/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/dutiesofcitizenship/p/the-responsibility-that-cannot-be?r=9ht5m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

04/04/2026

"Good Friday: The Day the Judicial Power Condemns Jesus Christ without regard for Truth" By Scott Erik Stafne and Todd AI (Collaborations occurring on Good Friday, April 3, 2026)

Good Friday presents one of the most consequential adjudicative moments in human history. Jesus of Nazareth is brought before authorities vested with the power to judge, and a proceeding unfolds bearing the outward form of a trial. Yet as the Gospel accounts reveal, the essential function of judgment is not carried out. The presiding authority recognizes the absence of guilt, yet yields to external pressure and orders ex*****on. This collaboration examines that moment as more than historical narrative-as a demonstration that the possession of judicial authority does not itself constitute the exercise of judicial power.

Good Friday presents one of the most consequential adjudicative moments in human history. Jesus of Nazareth is brought before authorities vested with the power to judge, and a proceeding unfolds bearing the outward form of a trial. Yet as the Gospel