HeyJaredFood for Thought
Short, monthly updates about what I'm thinking and learning. Spoiler: will always involve Jesus.
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On Suicide Loss (opens the original)
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September is Suicide Prevention Month. I’m not entirely sure what that means, but this month my news feeds have also been flooded with two high-profile suicide stories: Lindsey Clancy’s attempted suicide and Mica Miller’s completed suicide. These women’s stories are very different from each other—for starters, Lindsey killed her children before attempting to kill herself— but there are also some similarities. Both women alleged feeling invisible to the communities that were authorized to protect
The Machine, Magic, and Memory (opens the original)
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This year, I’ve begun thinking about, for lack of more poetic words, the McDonaldization of our lives.I could say the McDonaldization of our world too, because everywhere we go is starting to look a lot more like everywhere else—I’ll never forget the disappointment and irritation I felt after seeing a literal McDonalds on my first trip to Europe as a teenager—but I say the McDonaldization of our lives because we increasingly inhabit every place we go in the same way. Thanks to smart phones, we c
On Getting Caught in a Riptide (opens the original)
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It had rained all afternoon.On our first full day at the beach, my eight- and ten-year-old boys were desperate to get outside. When the rain finally subsided, we headed straight for the ocean. I did briefly wonder, Will all that rain make the waves more intense? But their enthusiasm prevailed over my thoughts. I gave them instructions: Stay together, don’t go out beyond waist deep, and make sure to stay in front of me. Then I turned my beach chair sideways so I could see them on one side of me a
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