Goodbye to All That
In “Goodbye Bland Affluence” in this morning’s Wall Street Journal Peggy Noonan writes about people downsizing their lives. She cites a Michigan couple who are gave up credit cards, high tech, and are now farming for their daily bread.
Baby boomers, she says, “know the era they built is over, that something new is beginning, something more subdued and altogether more mysterious. The old markers of success–money, status, power–will not apply as they have”.
I am not so sure about her predictions about future life New York city, but her thoughts about those my age I think are spot on.
Dashed expectations breed fertile soil for the Gospel.
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Darris McNeely
Darris McNeely works at the United Church of God home office in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his wife, Debbie, have served in the ministry for more than 43 years. They have two sons, who are both married, and four grandchildren. Darris is the Associate Media Producer for the Church. He also is a resident faculty member at the Ambassador Bible Center teaching Acts, Fundamentals of Belief and World News and Prophecy. He enjoys hunting, travel and reading and spending time with his grandchildren.
