45 “Our generation is prone to amuse itself with fragmentary information and resources. We flip on the TV for brief programs, and then we think we know about the subjects they dealt with. A few paragraphs in a magazine, and we think we’ve formed an opinion. Whata is happening so often is that we are merely forming a habit of amusing our interest, and then forgetting the fragments. This is not education.” Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children’s Sake, 1984

Personal reflection:

I spent a few years after college indulging in such poor mental habits. A few youtube videos and articles down and I considered myself above everyone else because of my new esoteric opinion. I barely finished reading any books; I would check out stacks and stacks of them from the library and flip through the images and captions but rarely commit to read the whole thing. I was bored with reading, always hungry for more fragments of information that I felt I could build my, what seemed expansive, understanding upon. Chasing the ever bigger picture, but spreading thin without depth. Like oil spreading on an ocean, looking down with blissful curiosity, but never doing the deep work of exploring and coming to understand every aspect and creature of the depths. Pseudo-satisfaction in the sparkly mystery of it all. Thank God He gave me the gift of a son to bring me out of my shallow thoughts and motivate me to dig deeper.  In the process of digging deeper I’ve also discovered that I can get to know God personally, even though He is infinite, He has made Himself known to us in many tangible ways, through His creation and His Word.