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  • Why Social Media Makes Us Crazy

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    Pastor Rich Lusk
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    Society will always get more of what it glamorizes and less of what it stigmatizes. The law of incentives remains undefeated. Every society has a shame code – certain practices it publicly shames. You can tell a lot about the health of a society by looking at what it shames versus what it celebrates. Shame…

  • Red Pill Proverbs: Hard Edged Advice for Life

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    Pastor Rich Lusk
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    Fake friends are like shadows. They stay close to us while we’re in the sunlight, only to leave us immediately as we step into the darkness. — Understand that not everything is meant to be understood. Live, let go, and don’t worry about what you can’t change. — You can apologize over and over but…

  • Living a Red Pill Life in a Blue Pill World

    Living a Red Pill Life in a Blue Pill World

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    Pastor Rich Lusk
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    The red pill/blue pill metaphor has gotten mangled to the point that it’s almost useless. I never saw the Matrix movies, but when I first encountered the red pill/blue pill categories, I thought they were fairly helpful interpretive lenses for navigating certain aspects of life in the modern world. I thought the red pill/blue pill…