LOL. I didn't see any of the coverage today. But, on the way home I chose to listen to Bob Dylan sing "Everything is broken." It seemed apt for today;
"Broken cutters, broken saws...
Broken treaties, broken laws... Everything is broken"
When I got home, I researched the quote I was paraphrasing earlier when I was noting how the coming collapse is inevitable. It was by Peter Kreeft in his "You can Understand the Old Testament."
. He was speaking of Israel and the Judges - but his illustration applies, sadly, to the AmChurch. The diagram is a circle, so let me start where we were recently and then one can see how the cycle is repeated; according to Kreeft, "All human history, individual and social, follow this pattern.
Luxury ----->Pride---->Disaster--->Suffering---->Repentance----->Blessedness---->Luxury ---->Pride etc etc etc.
I don't see how we can escape.
Maybe I'll just pour four fingers of single malt scotch and listen to Dylan sing "Highlands" "My heart's in the Highland,
gentle and fair.
Honeysuckle blooming,
in the wildwood air.
Bluebells blazing,
where the Aberdeen waters flow.
Well my heart's in the Highlands,
I'm gonna go there when I'm ready to go"
I'm ready to go there now..bottoms-up (pun intended)
I hope this attempt is more readable