Studying, illustrating, writing www.kalevcreative.com @kalevcreative elsewhere @kalevcreativewrites on Substack Illustrations by @benlinalexanderart.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3mtjwskwptk2cNew section on the website: Articles and new article: The Relationship Cycle in the Wilderness considering God's interaction with the Israelites in the wilderness in an apparent continuation of a pattern of relationship begun in the early chapters of Genesis. www.kalevcreative.com/articles https://www.kalevcreative.com/articles20 Aug 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjwskwptk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3ml4ntfpztc2yWorking on an extension of an earlier article, the relationship cycle applied to wilderness narratives. The Exodus-Deuteronomy episodes are not as long as some stories in Genesis, but they share a basic set of elements – God pursues relationship, people rebel, God responds to discipline and restore. https://cateclesia.com/2023/04/10/the-canaanite-conquest-and-the-pattern-of-judgment/05 May 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ntfpztc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3mevd6u2tys2cI've been an AI skeptic. I'm becoming less skeptical. I prompted Claude with a complex idea, and it produced a cogent analysis including many connections I hadn't considered, though some were imo spurious. It works as an idea generator and is far more sophisticated than AI was a couple of years ago. https://claude.ai/share/2d5ea079-e156-4c78-8f10-e7a88994fe0a15 Feb 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevd6u2tys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3mb7fey33p22oThis reads like an exercise in having a machine confirm your assumptions are correct when you tell it to presume your assumptions. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.032290530 Dec 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7fey33p22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3m53qxgs7mc2d#Bible #Judges 1 After Joshua’s death, God designates the tribe Caleb leads, Judah, to go up first to fight the Canaanites. With Simeon, they defeat the city of Bezek, which according to its king was a menace to the region, and humble that king with reciprocal justice.08 Nov 2025 04:28 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m53qxgs7mc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3m3heffr6rk2t18 Oct 2025 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3heffr6rk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3m327qbl2wk2sConsolidated notes on Joshua https://www.kalevcreative.com/joshua13 Oct 2025 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m327qbl2wk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3m327qbl2wk2sConsolidated notes on Joshua https://www.kalevcreative.com/joshua13 Oct 2025 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m327qbl2wk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3m2iqjpyj6k23#Bible #Joshua 24 #renewal Joshua gathers all the tribes at Shechem. It’s unclear whether the location is significant here beyond being centrally located, but Shechem does have resonance in Israel’s family history as the first named stop in Abraham’s journey into Canaan,06 Oct 2025 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2iqjpyj6k23https://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3lzpcew2rus2l#Bible #Joshua 23 #obedience As Joshua nears death, he admonishes Israel in similar language to Moses’, telling them to stay faithful to God, so they can remain in good relationship with him and continue to occupy the land.26 Sep 2025 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzpcew2rus2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3lzkizfrssk2n#Bible #Joshua 22 #land Joshua calls together the tribes who chose to live on the east side of the Jordan to release them from their continued obligation to fight, “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you. . .24 Sep 2025 03:35 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzkizfrssk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3lzhiwj6mnc2v#Bible #Joshua 20-21 #land In his Berit Olam commentary, Daniel Hawk writes, “The establishment of cities of refuge and Levitical cities signals the completion of the program which defines Israel’s inheritance but further complicates the organization signified by it. Both apply Mosaic commandments22 Sep 2025 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzhiwj6mnc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kalevcreative.bsky.social/post/3lz6qt4bb4k2rWhat does it mean to be the image of God? To represent him to his creation and intercede with him for it We need to be doing those things now especially for the poor, the widow, the orphan, and the foreigner19 Sep 2025 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:3xdzu5fbdeo7u3mn4szql5s5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6qt4bb4k2r