The average age of the American population is approximately 39.1 years.* That’s the math. Census tables, life expectancy, delayed adulthood, all of it boiled down into one mildly uncomfortable number. And somehow, that number now comes with judgment. If you’re under 25, anyone born in the 1900s gets treated like a historical…
Tag: cultural change
AI
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Holy Bots, Batman — Faith Goes Digital
Something strange is happening in churches across America. People are texting Jesus. Pastors are building sermon outlines with AI. And somewhere in Pennsylvania, a chatbot is probably explaining the difference between transubstantiation and metaphorical presence at 3 a.m. Welcome to digital ministry 2.0 — where theology meets technology, and the…
Culture
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When Did Fun Become Illegal? The Vanishing Art of Being American
There was a time when being bored was a skill. You didn’t scroll through your phone—you made up entertainment. Usually at someone else’s expense. Like ringing a stranger’s doorbell and sprinting away laughing so hard you could barely breathe. “Ding-dong ditch” wasn’t about cruelty; it was childhood cardio. We also…