I am surprising myself by actually working while "working from home". But I am also catching up on my NPR podcasts, and, of course, I am in glorified pjs.
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jars, which Sunday and Monday are you going to be in NY, the ones coming up right away, or the ones in 10 days?
Jars, what day do you have in mind? I can try to get something started...
Also, Jars, what e-mail do you want to use for the list? It's not showing up that you subscribed, so I'll just add you.
This coming Sunday and Monday I'll be in New York, I think. Tuesday morning we have to apply for the licence, Friday morning we're doing the thing, but other than that I should be able to get places and such. We're renting a car, so that should make things easier.
eta hughjars at gmail dot com
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Happy birthday Sail!
I really wish I were still in pjs. At least I've already gotten my must-do tasks done, I think. I hope.
Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers
Despite their packed megachurches, their political clout and their increasing visibility on the national stage, evangelical Christian leaders are warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves.
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“I’m looking at the data,” said Ron Luce, who organized the meetings and founded Teen Mania, a 20-year-old youth ministry, “and we’ve become post-Christian America, like post-Christian Europe. We’ve been working as hard as we know how to work — everyone in youth ministry is working hard — but we’re losing.”
The board of the National Association of Evangelicals, an umbrella group representing 60 denominations and dozens of ministries, passed a resolution this year deploring “the epidemic of young people leaving the evangelical church.”