Author name: Aaron

Aaron is a writer, teacher, and pastor.

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I’m Aaron Chester, a former English teacher turned pastor, living and serving in Alexandria, Indiana. I pastor Alexandria First Church of the Nazarene, where I invite others to trust the story God is telling, even when it’s strange or unfinished. reader. writer. wonderer. teacher. For sixteen years, I taught literature and writing to high schoolers. […]

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imitating genius

Why ai is empowering You may have heard the quip “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!” as both a defense of mediocrity and of plagiarism. But those who are well read understand that the genesis for the popularity of this epigram is actually a polemic against those who would imitate others in art. As