From marketplace to infinite scroll: A short history of human distraction

By Rod Benson Using a smartphone to scroll through social media is one of the characteristicย practices of contemporary life for billions of people. We reach for our phones while waiting for a train, sitting in a cafรฉ, watching television, lying in bed or during pauses in conversation. The practice satisfies several popular human appetites: curiosity, …

Life beyond the tribal reflex

A topical sermon on the Letter of 2 John. Some books of the Bible arrive like thunderclaps. Others come almost unnoticed, like a trusted friend speaking after the noise has faded. The Epistle to the Romans belongs to the first category; the Second Letter of John belongs to the second. Thirteen verses. No dramatic narrative, miracles, …