Devices and Desires
We're taking a deeper dive into the culture we live in. We'll need three things: (1) An understanding of the culture we find ourselves in. (2) A sharp analysis of the cracks in the smooth, seemingly solid narrative that our culture tells us about what it means to live a good life. (3) A new imagination of what it looks like for the gospel of Christ to open up and thrive from within the cracks of our culture. This podcast comes from clergy and laypeople at Church of the Atonement in Buffalo, and St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church in Tonawanda, New York.
Devices and Desires
Was the Nuclear Family a Mistake?
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Fr. Bryan Wandel, Fr. Andrew Thebeau, Dn. Matt Traylor, James Kibby
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Season 1
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Episode 3
What's wrong with the nuclear family in the 21st century? What role does it play in the church and in the life of discipleship.
We're continuing to seek a sacred world in a secular age, and today we're following up on a point made at the end of our last episode on Smartphones. Namely, how have we changed the way intergenerational relationships work over the years? What are we doing wrong that we're not even seeing?
We're using a resource that made our heads turn immediately after recording the episode on smartphones:
"The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake," by David Brooks. The Atlantic, March 2020.