There's a popular impression, not always unearned, that to become a Christian is to cease to think seriously. I was an atheist from my mother's womb, largely because I thought about things. I became a Christian because I kept thinking about things.
My wife worries that I think too much. So this is my hideaway, where the thinking can go so that it shan't keep her up late into the evening: a pressure release valve on my mind. And God willing, it might help somebody besides me.
I'm Blake. I work in technology, I'm married, and we have young children, which is why most of this gets written after they're asleep. The "lay" in Laytheo is honest and a little wry: I'm a college dropout.
Essays on theology and philosophy. Every essay is narrated, if you would rather listen. Alongside them are the Instruments: the methods and tools I use to study, mostly built around Obsidian, free for anyone who wants them.
The thinking is mine, and so are the essays. I put the thought on the page first, then work it over with AI, arguing and rewriting across many passes until it says what I mean. The essay narrations are a synthetic voice. A Note on AI says exactly how, and where the line sits for everything else.
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