I just finished season two of Mad Men on Netflix. Whatever your feelings are towards the show, I find it better than reality TV. Each episode I watch, I’m reminded of how America and the world has changed. A couple episodes ago, the Draper family was enjoying a nice family picnic at the park. When they finished and decided to leave, they just dusted off the blanket and left all of their trash on the grass. It shocked me and I was like, “WOW–THEY JUST LITTERED! I would never do that!” The same goes for the countless efforts to find happiness in affairs and office politics. Smoking/drinking while pregnant, women in underwear being considered “hard porn,” and the obsession with power all strike me as from another world.
After finishing two seasons, I will say that I’ve learned a couple things from Don Draper and the Mad Men crew. Continue Reading…
When I was in youth ministry, I was responsible for preaching every week. That requirement (and passion) didn’t lend itself to visiting others churches often. The majority of sermons that I heard were my own, our senior pastor on Saturday night, and anything I downloaded. My perspective was limited.
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