There’s a place for mental rest and recreation, for ball games and television and pop tunes and motion pictures, but a lifelong learner will want to take care that most of life’s spare moments are not cannibalized by mere mindless entertainment. There is a way to watch sports and television to the glory of God, and with intentionality for learning. Checking on the news is one. The History channel or some good documentary are among others. Lifelong learning, over time, will mean developing the resistance to simply veg out whenever you feel the impulse, and rather to turn some of these moments,
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