EP104 Should Christian Writers Use AI?

But first: a quick note from Sandy + Mary K

Allen takes a firm stance on AI, but we don’t land in exactly the same place. We love bringing balance to this conversation. We’ve had guests who build AI tools for writers, and we think it’s healthy to hear every perspective and see what the Lord leads you toward. We left this conversation encouraged, a little challenged, and honestly a bit teary. We hope you enjoy it.


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.


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

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

Would you prefer to read about this episode? Check out the blog post version: Christian Writers and AI: Why Allen Arnold Is Choosing to Create With the Creator​

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