The Movemental
AI Book
Navigating Credibility, AI, and Movement Leadership
A comprehensive guide for movement leaders navigating the AI age—preserving voice, building credibility through networks, and creating content that transforms.
The Crisis We're In
5 chapters
The Framework
5 chapters
The Practice
3 chapters
The Boundaries
4 chapters
The Long Arc
2 chapters
Table of Contents
Understanding the credibility collapse in an AI-saturated world.
The Credibility Collapse
I want to start by acknowledging something that might feel uncomfortable: if you're reading this, you've probably already felt it. That moment when...
AI as Both Problem and Solution
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel confusing: we just spent a whole chapter talking about how AI is creating a...
Why Movement Leaders Were Right to Ignore SEO (Until Now)
I want to start this chapter by validating something you've probably felt for a long time: movement leaders were right to be skeptical of metrics-d...
Where We Are
Where are we? This question matters because where we are determines what we need. And when it comes to AI, where we are is changing rapidly—so rapi...
Finding a Guide (Not an Expert)
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel uncomfortable: I don't know if you need an AI expert. I'm not even sure wha...
Principles for navigating AI as a movement leader.
AI as Amplification, Not Replacement
I want to start this chapter by saying something that might feel obvious, but I think it's worth saying clearly: AI is a tool. It's not a person. I...
Voice Preservation as Priority
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel vulnerable: your voice is one of your most valuable assets. It's what makes...
Scenius as the Credibility Solution
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel counterintuitive: in a world where individual credibility signals are break...
Transparency, Disclosure, and Trust
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel uncomfortable: in a world where trust is fragile, being honest about how yo...
Theological Integrity as Non-Negotiable
I want to start this chapter by saying something that might feel obvious, but I think it's worth saying clearly: if you're a movement leader creati...
Practical approaches for using AI well.
Agents as Assistants, Archivists, and Translators
I want to start this chapter by addressing something that might feel confusing: what are AI agents, really? And how should we think about them?
The 70/30 Rule
I want to start this chapter by giving you something practical: a framework that can guide how you use AI in your content creation. I call it the 7...
The Spectrum and Domains of AI Usage
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel more nuanced than what we've talked about so far: AI involvement in content...
What to embrace and what to refuse.
Personalization and Context
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel counterintuitive: generic AI tools aren't enough for formation-oriented wor...
What Churches Must Refuse
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel uncomfortable: there are things churches and movements must refuse to do wi...
What They Are Ethically Free to Do
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel more positive: there are things churches and movements are now ethically fr...
Why Embodied Leadership Cannot Be Automated
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might feel foundational: embodied leadership cannot be automated. It cannot be replace...
The future of credibility and content that moves.
From Gutenberg to Networks of Trust
I want to start this chapter by acknowledging something that might help us understand where we are: we're not in the first moment of technological ...
Content That Moves
I want to start this final chapter by acknowledging something that might feel foundational: content that moves is different from content that manip...
Why Read This Book?
This isn't a lead magnet—it's the foundation for understanding AI, credibility, and movement leadership in the digital age.
Understand the Crisis
Learn why traditional credibility signals are breaking down in an AI-saturated world.
Get a Framework
Discover principles like scenius, the 70/30 rule, and voice preservation that guide AI usage.
Know the Boundaries
Understand what to embrace and what to refuse when it comes to AI in ministry.
Ready to Begin?
Start with Chapter 1 and work through the book at your own pace.
Start Reading Chapter 1