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Joe Gutberlet

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Handy resource for demystifying complex topic

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Reviewed: 01-24-25

Anne Caraang artfully lays out one of the clearest introductions to artificial intelligence as it exists today in her new book AI for Beginners. Even as someone well acquainted with the topic, I prize Caraang’s careful and lucid approach to explaining this often mystifying concept. AI for Beginners is a handy resource both for readers hoping to understand the topic better and for those interested in finding the right ways to describe these ideas to curious companions.

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Authentic, Pithy, and Inspired!

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Reviewed: 04-26-18

I had previously read Rebuilt when it first came out and was trying to reread now, but found myself reading too sporadically. Loved this book even more hearing Tom and Fr. Michael read. They exude genuineness and sound just as they do on weekends at Nativity.

I’m on the cusp of hopefully joining the parish, having attended weekly since last September. I’m the kind of guy they’re talking about in many ways. I was born & raised Catholic—13 years of Catholic schools, altar server, lector, EM, volunteer youth minister. Yet I’d grown disenchanted in recent years and had begun to fall away. My time at Nativity these past eight months has reignited my zeal and filled me with purpose. I cannot wait all week to be back there—honestly!

As someone who truly loves the Church and its people, I have shared so many of the concerns with the practice of our faith (including the insider ushers, combative office staff, and abysmal preaching) that Fr. Michael and Tom outline. Their humility in seeking out and discerning carefully over what has worked elsewhere is evident from page one.

As an aspiring new parishioner, I found the background info here indispensable context and relish the opportunity to continue to grow in faith and love (current message series is actually called “Love Lives”) through a richer understanding of the mission that this parish has adopted: every person a minister.

Tom and Fr. Michael have really turned the conventional pessimism, that dwindling clergy has somehow foisted the terrible work of running a parish on the laity completely on its head! I’ve never been more sanguine about the future of our Church.

Thank you!!

Joe Gutberlet

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