Friday, September 05, 2014
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First, the sobering news. The other day I
noticed that the August 31 issue of The New York Times Magazine had one article
celebrating the very real possibility where most abortions will be done at
home with mail-order drugs. Another article
championed the increasing transgendered movement that inspired hope. Then I
read an editorial in The
Economist arguing that prostitution isn't as bad as it is made out to be
(in most cases) and that governments should stop trying to ban it.
If those don't make you
shake your head, then read "The Wrong Kind of Christian,"
the story of an earnest and winsome believer who tries and fails to win a
place for Christians at an American university, where the healthy exchange of
ideas is supposedly celebrated.
None of this is new,
but when you read such stories one after another within a couple of
days—well, it makes the decline of Western culture that much more of a real
and discouraging time to live in.
Now, the good news.
Reading and pondering sobering news does not lead us to despair, because
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome
it" (John 1:5). It's the
thing that keeps me sane some days.
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On a practical note, here are some good insights—and a plan or
two—that Rod Dreher is going to implement in light of how easy it
is for children to access porn on their phones and computers. There is no
easy or perfect solution. Boys will be boys, and apparently now, girls will
be girls. But it does help to put at least a few hurdles between human eyes
and unsavory images.
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Speaking of children, we are wise to
remember they are not commodities. That's becoming harder and harder given
how the government regularly reminds us how much they cost, and when
well-meaning people ask how one could possibly afford more than one or two.
Here is a pleasant rejoinder to
thinking of children mainly as liabilities.
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So much depressing news this week. Well,
how about ending on this graph: "The Happiest Regions in
America." Then again, that could be depressing if you live in
one of the unhappy regions.
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Grace
and peace,
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