In My Opinion

I've been thinking about this a lot lately, and honestly, it's wearing me down. Social media isn't just full of noise anymore; it's corrosive. This is not the usual rant against screens, vanity, or the shallowness of modern life. Those complaints have their place, but they miss the deeper injury. The real harm lies in how these platforms quietly rewrite our understanding of worth. The algorithms of social consumerism teach us that to be seen is to be credible. It teaches us t

The light was starting to turn gold, the way it does right before dinner when everyone knows they should head home but no one quite wants to. I was sitting on the grassy slope by the playground, watching my son sprint across the field in a game of tag with a girl half his size and just as fast. There is a particular kind of peace in that hour. The hum of distant traffic. Mothers encouraging children to do brave things. Children shouting rules that change mid-game. That’s when

When you slow things down, you give the mind time to settle into a pattern. That’s when meaning sneaks in. That’s when stories stick. That’s when a person, weather a child or adult, starts making their own connections instead of passively consuming information. While I was filming the Inside Look  series for Myths, Science, and Sacred Accounts , I kept catching myself thinking about speed. We live in a culture that insists everything should be fast and flashy. Videos should h