
What We Talk About When We Talk About God

Once you are here now, you can begin asking yourself what that feels like, sounds like, looks like. You can notice what you’ve never noticed. It’s like suddenly realizing that your favorite music has been playing for hours but you’ve been so involved in watching videos on YouTube that you haven’t heard a note. Or like taking a walk in the forest wi
... See moreGeneen Roth • Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
But if we are first and foremost lovers, and if our action is overwhelmingly governed by our unconscious habits, then intellectual threats might not be the most important. Indeed, we could be so fixated on intellectual temptations that we don’t realize our hearts are being liturgically co-opted by rival empires all the while. The point of looking a
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
This is the attention economy. It wants to distract you from real life, shape who and what you love, and track it all in an ever-improving algorithm for the next moment you are stressed, tired, lonely, or simply acting on impulse. Take a scroll break—you’ll feel better.