Better Off:Flipping the Switch on Technology Well, I finally completed this book! This is one of many books that had the unfortunate experience of being put on the back burner when Si became ill back in May. Before that time, we had read it off and on together, and then put it down to read a short but delightful book, Reforming Marriage. When I was ready to read it again, Si had already moved on to greener pastures. However, I Continue Reading…
November 3, 2009One of the foundational discussions in Ken Myers’ book All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes was concerning the idea of idolatry. Popular culture, especially as expressed through rock music, promotes idolatry, especially idolatry of the self. This was the essence of what Myers was saying in those chapters. Enter Eric Brende. He’s a Catholic living with the Minimites, a stricter-than-Amish Plain Sect whose lives are completely antithetical to the popular culture Myers described. Does this mean idolatry disappears? No! Brende Continue Reading…
March 16, 2009Shortcuts lead to emergency mending sessions in order to piece back in what was cut out, to lengthen what was shortened: Computer users, cramped in a cubicle all day long, jogging around the block. Bureaucrats and financiers, zooming ahead along their career paths, then reversing gears to attend school concerts, ball games, and parent meetings. Captives of the technological environment fleeing for brief weekends to mountains, beaches, and rustic cabins. -Eric Brende In one chapter of Better Off {The Sounds of Continue Reading…
March 13, 2009Sallie wrote a bit concerning that phenomena known among women as “me time” today as an introduction to her new poll. Cindy also discussed “me time” in the context of Facebook back in January, and raised quite a ruckus {and I’m sure she appreciates me bringing it back up}. “Me time” seems to be a topic in the many battles of the mommy wars, right up there with breastfeeding/bottle feeding and scheduled/demand feeding. I have a few thoughts on “me Continue Reading…
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