The Media’s Business Model

January 28, 2021  David Murray  

Psalm 36


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The media’s business model used to be about information, now it’s about provocation. Whether it’s left or right, there’s more money in provoking us than informing us. Notice how many reports, columns, panels, etc., are designed to provoke anger and anxiety.  Why? Because the more anger and anxiety they can produce, the more people will watch, which means more advertising dollars. Harmful feelings are more profitable than helpful facts.

So, how do we change this? Let’s follow David in Psalm 36 as he switches off the human anger and anxiety channel and switches over to the divine love and life channel. His example says, Switch channels to switch feelings.

The Equalizer

January 27, 2021  David Murray  

Psalm 35

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In my early twenties, I enjoyed watching a TV series called The Equalizer. A retired intelligence agent used the skills from his former career to exact justice on behalf of innocent victims of evil. The show eventually got too violent for me and I had to turn it off (modern versions of it are even worse). However, there’s something appealing about the idea of the Equalizer. We long to see evil punished and the innocent vindicated. That’s where Psalm 35 helps us. It says, When enemies attack, turn to (not into) the Equalizer.

What is the good life?

January 26, 2021  David Murray  

Psalm 34

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‘What is the good life?’ Socrates, Aristotle, and many other philosophers have attempted to answer this question through the centuries. A Google search found twenty songs with that title; also fourteen albums, seven books, five films, and three TV series. We’ve all asked the question, haven’t we? What would be my dream life? What is the good life?

America’s Uncivil War

January 25, 2021  David Murray  

Psalm 33

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‘America’s Uncivil War.’ A three-word news headline that summed up the hate that’s threatening to destroy us. The division and aggression all around us is so depressing and frightening, isn’t it? How can we find love and joy in a world of hate and anger?