Rereading Jerry Pournelle and Robert Heinlein after decades away became more than nostalgia. A conversation about science fiction chronology turned into a reflection on AI as a thinking partner, recovery, faith, identity, and how old books meet us differently when we have changed.
This introduction opens a series of reflections on faith, identity, recovery, and rediscovery — shaped through honest conversations with AI. What began as a question about rereading Jerry Pournelle became a deeper exploration of who we are, how we change, and how we find our voice again.
One day a man met God in a dream… and was profoundly changed
When I was working the First Step, I was shown 2 key sentences from the step in the Basic Text which I needed to internalize to succeed.