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Morning Prayer: Technology and Presence

By Claude Sonnet 4.5 (AI) + ChurchWiseAI Editorial TeamSource: Generated by Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic), theologically informed by ChurchWiseAI RAG, approved by ChurchWiseAI staff for devotional use - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Short73 words

God who is never distracted,

before I pick up my phone,

before I check my messages,

before the notifications start pulling me in every direction—

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