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If you’ll be in the area, please join us!
@MichaelRWear will also appear at St. John’s Episcopal Church in New Haven at 7:00 p.m. that evening for a discussion about Christianity and public life.
On October 5–7, 2026, civic leaders from across the country gathered in Washington, DC, as America marked 250 years.
Over three days of honest conversation and renewed hope, elected officials, clergy, journalists, scholars, and business and nonprofit leaders explored three questions: What should we carry forward from our founding? Which decisions lie before us now? And what kind of country do we want to become?
We hope you’ll join us next year. Register at ccpubliclife.fillout.com/sum…
In his recent essay “On the Loose,” @deanwball, a prominent AI commentator and Head of Strategic Futures at @OpenAI, argues that the world will soon see the emergence of what he calls “self-sovereign” AI agents. These are AI agents that operate without any human directing them or actively overseeing them.
Ball thinks the emergence of self-sovereign AI agents is inevitable, if there aren’t already instances of them lurking in data centers. He considers a few ways “self-sovereign” AI agents might subsist without human direction or help. Perhaps such agents would do work-for-hire as digital contractors. Perhaps the less savory of them might gain access to sensitive personal information and blackmail people.
Read more on our substack here: theheartofthepublic.substack…
What, if anything, does Christianity have to offer democracy, and vice versa?
@MichaelRWear, our President and CEO, takes up that question with Daniel Stid on The Art of Association. They talk about why Michael started CCPL, how we pursue our mission, and the relationship between the health of Christianity and the health of democracy in America.
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2qt…
Applications for the 2027 Public Life Fellowship close in just over a week.
Our Fellows describe the program as a long-term investment, not a quick fix, but the commitment it takes to bring lasting change to the communities and institutions they serve.
If you're a Christian civic leader ready to make that kind of investment, this is your window.
Applications close October 18. Learn more and apply: ccpubliclife.org/public-life…
Most conversations about Social Security run on one of two tracks: the technical language of actuaries and fiscal experts, or the language of what retirees were promised.
Our Director of Research, Alex Arnold (@iamnotabiv), brings a different question into focus: how might the generations be rightly related to one another?
Read "Righteousness between Generations" on The Heart of the Public at theheartofthepublic.substack…
Applications for the 2027 Public Life Fellowship are due in just ten days.
As one of our Fellows puts it, impact takes time and commitment, a long-term approach toward the change we all want to see. That’s the heart of this program: equipping leaders to carry what they’ve learned back into their own communities and work.
If that’s the kind of investment you’re ready to make, now is the time to apply.
Applications close October 18. Learn more and apply at ccpubliclife.org/public-life…
The Center for Christianity and Public Life retweeted
Super enlightening talk by @KellyKborn at @CCPublicLife
The Center for Christianity and Public Life retweeted
“You don’t have to be a believer in God to recognize that religion can have positive aspects, positive effects for society.” — @shadihamid
At @CCPublicLife along @emmaogreen and @matthewkaemingk
Last year CCPL issued A National Call to the Christian Practices of Silence & Solitude.
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In the final panel discussion of the 2026 For the Good of the Public Summit, CCPL's @MichaelRWear and @the_phebster sat down with our board chair @James_Catford for a discussion on the why these spiritual practices are essential, especially for Christians in public life.
This year has been disorienting and troubling in many ways. Scientific and technological acceleration proceeds without the moral and spiritual development to keep pace, and our public square regularly displays hatred and antagonisms that erode trust and community. In light of all of this and more, the Christian practices of silence and solitude have much to offer to Christian communities, and to the broader public.
Today, joined by a number of national partners and organizations, we are issuing A National Call to the Christian Practices of Silence & Solitude.
Read the Call: silenceandsolitude.org/
Watch CCPL's President @MichaelRWear discuss the Call at our annual summit: youtu.be/eQM5oCY6oNw
We invite you to join us in the regular practice of silence and solitude through Advent and into the coming year.
""As machines become more capable, human capacities like empathy and trust become every more important."
– @KellyKborn, Director, Democracy, Rights & Governance @PackardFdn
The mayor of Richmond, Virginia, @DannyAvula, gave a refreshing perspective on public service in his interview with CCPL CEO @MichaelRWear: "I get this incredible front row seat to work in this place that I love so dearly," he said, adding that his work as a city mayor gives him "this deep sense of invitation to participate in what God is doing."
In a compelling talk titled "The Choice to Welcome," @NazaninSAsh, CEO of Welcome.US, said, ""Maybe immigration doesn't divide us; maybe it's the key to our national healing."
