Episode 19 - Build Back Better... Culture.

The tides of a secularized culture are aggressively rising.   And the strongholds of Western Civilization--things like religion, the traditional family, and moral values--are eroding under the onslaught of those battering waves.  Living in the midst of that wreckage, one might be tempted to despair:  Is there any hope for recovering the lost ground and rebuilding?  

Chad lays out the blueprint for reconstruction as job foreman of this episode.  Ben grimaces as he holds a nail gun gingerly, ready to support as the general laborer.  The two layout the future site of a man-initiated counterculture.  What are some ways in which men can build back culture now in their immediate spheres of influence?  Is beauty (one of the three cultural bastions of truth, goodness, and beauty) something a guy can get comfortable with creating?  And by beginning with the end in mind, how can we erect new facades that will bless generations to come?

SHOW NOTES:

Book referenced, "Rules for Retrogrades" by Timothy Gordon:  https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51625256-rules-for-retrogrades

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph #2174: https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/catechism/524/

J.R.R. Tolkien's essay "On Fairy Stories" (see Epilogue, starting on page 34): https://coolcalvary.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/on-fairy-stories1.pdf