"If it's easier, let's do it!" could be the mantra in our world today.  We live in an age where we can make things go faster and skip the stuff that's tedious.  Technology has automated many day to day routines--so we can experience more free time.

Are you?  Are you experiencing more free time?  Or are we now stuck in a crisis of convenience--living life avoiding anything that might take too long or be unpleasant?

Seth Godin wrote this in a recent blog post, "(...)it's becoming more clear that the attention-seeking, profit-driven media industrial complex drives our culture more than reports on it."  His post concluded by saying, "But it's not our job to buy into it. (...) The first step is to stop taking the bait.  The second step is to say, "Follow me.""

Join Doug and Janet on this episode that fights for love more than convenience, and offers these TAKE AWAYS:

• A culture of consumerism is an addicted culture.  A full and free life happens in a culture of love and trust--and that culture is evidence more by contribution than consumerism.  The first step in a new direction--away from convenience--is to stop taking the bait.
• "The polar opposite of convenient is dreaming." (quote by Doug Newberry!)  When convenience is king, dreams dies.  
• The children of today will lead the countries of tomorrow.  Freedom is not convenient.  Maturity is not convenient.  Freedom is lost when immature cultures elect immature leaders.

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These resources are shared in this episode:

Seth's blog post:  https://seths.blog/2019/07/where-will-the-media-take-us-next/

Janet's new website offering support for educators and homeschool families:  https://john15academy.com/