Post-Christendom

The Bubble Burst A few years ago, I saw a short video called “Bubble Creek Canyon.” It was a parody, describing a fictitious planned community as “heathen-free,” where all the citizens and local businesses had “Christian” values and “Christian” branding. It was a scathing indictment of the so-called “bubble” of…

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Peace During Christmas

Christmas is often a special time with family. For many, this is the most joyous time of year. For others, time with family can be stressful. Family is unique in its special bonds, beyond difference in perspectives, personality types, tastes, or attitudes. 2016 has been a year of turbulence, social…

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Living in a World of Distractions

Squirrel!?! We live in an age of endless media sources, all saying, “Hey! Look over here!” Nobel Prize winning Economist Herbert Simon wrote: “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention … among the overabundance of information sources.” Translating Simon’s point: Our attention span (our views and clicks) has…

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