Another Look by David Faust According to a widely publicized study reported by Time magazine and the Pew Research Center last November, almost four out of 10 (39 percent) of Americans believe marriage is becoming obsolete. This number is up considerably from 28 percent in a similar survey taken in 1978. The research also indicates […]
The myth of the perfectly balanced life
Another Look by David Faust First-graders at Salem Elementary School didn’t use fancy playground equipment in 1960, but we had fun anyway. We played on swings, a merry-go-round, and the ever-popular teeter-totter. Some called it a see-saw, but ours—a tottery, weathered board creaking back and forth on a rusty hinge—rightly deserved the name teeter-totter. Six-year-olds […]
Me-ology
Another Look by David Faust Most of the cultural ills that afflict us today could be cured by better theology and less “me-ology.” Me-ology puts self first and squeezes God in if any room remains. Me-ology needs no holy book to define its rules, no sacred script to guide its adherents. Each person becomes his […]
Eldad, Medad, and me
Another Look by David Faust The Hebrews were hungry, but Moses was fed up. Maybe you have felt that way, too. Moses had grown weary of the burden of leadership, exhausted from trying to lead the foot-dragging multitude across the barren wilderness where food was scarce but gripes were plentiful. Grumblers whined, “If only we […]
The secret elders meeting
Another Look by David Faust My great-uncle died in 2000 at the age of 95. Uncle Floyd was a colorful character and a master storyteller. A retired preacher, in his later years he ministered to nursing home residents by playing the accordion and singing for them. Uncle Floyd wrote down some of his best stories […]
