“Losing The Culture’s Plot Line” [Daily Quote Series – a series of quotations I Come across and email to myself, for later reflection.]
As fiction-writer, I would say,
We all at some point lose our way,
Stand back and pick the trail up, then
Re-start, and turn where road makes bend.First quote I used for daily boost
Said West’s society’s cut loose
From moorings – plot it’s lost again,
And needs to veer from needless pain.Mass media will lead astray
(He claims), if we indulge each day
In excess doses of the news;
Or entertainment we there choose.He says we shape reality
Into a tunnel – more for me
A “Hawser” I am braiding forth
From strands of life – of far more worth –Because my image holds a mix
Of streams that blend like River’s tricks;
But more than that, mine interweaves
Each fibered part – fresh meaning leaves.So media has shelf-life too –
Like fiber-threads in hawser new;
Re-purposed emails – sent to self
With daily quotes pulled off the shelf –Which others garner, then lay out
For us to scan, reflect about,
As we pursue our daily round,
Enriched by treasures they have found.I limit news and a TV screen,
But Internet has richer seems
Of gold amidst the slag, for me
To draw on – see what I can see.Pop culture to a TCK
Of Creenglish blend and Kingdom-way,
Is challenge more – a sifting task –
“Set right side up” is what is asked –Of us as we live out each day;
In my case, holding up a way
To do a layered-Kingdom life,
Above the blockages and strife.So Jacques, with his chunked point of view,
With action-ed time-spans (sometimes new),
Has added insight – tunnel shape?
More “Echo-sound” two mountains make.Thanks Lord for this.
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