Americans have a reading problem. For starters, fewer of us can be found with our noses in a book these days. According to a recent Gallup poll, book readership is on the decline, with just 6% of U.S. adults naming reading as their favorite way to spend an evening. That’s down from 12% in 2016....
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Will it be any better the next time? For several years, the trifecta of COVID, an election, and race tore churches apart. What was obviously missing was that pesky fellow Paul’s understanding that we ought to put the needs of others first. (See 1 Corinthians 8 and Romans 14.) Instead of becoming a hotbed of...
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In September of 2021, the New Yorker published an essay titled, “On the Internet, We’re Always Famous.” The essayist, Chris Hayes, argues that our fundamental human desire is the desire for recognition. We yearn to see and be seen, to know and to be known – to experience a mutual gaze. He then goes on...
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In their 2019 book Faith for Exiles, David Kinnaman and Mark Matlock released some data on the consumption of screen media in the lives of “digital natives,” individuals between the ages of 15-23. They found that the average digital native consumes 2,767 hours of screen media each year, the equivalent of 115 days of nonstop...
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As Christians, we are commanded to rest. Not suggested, but commanded – and it’s not something that God takes lightly. Instead, it is part of His basic instruction, enshrined in the Ten Commandments. The practice of this command takes different forms in various types of work, but what does it mean for someone working in...
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After obtaining an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Math, my Dad began his career at IBM in the 1980s. He was promoted during his first year and continued to rise quickly up the corporate ladder, wearing freshly ironed suits every day and traveling around the country making presentations to CEOs. From...
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