To be blunt: I think the spirit at work in the suburbs tends to smother the Christian spirit. I know this personally because I have spent most of my life there. The message of the suburbs, in a nutshell, is self-empowerment. Self-enhancement. Self-fulfillment. Self is at the center, and all things serve the self. (Self-service!) The primary values of suburbia are convenience, abundance, and comfort. In suburbia you can have it all—and you can get it made to order in a super-sized cup with an insulated sleeve. Whether we realize it or not, the values of suburban culture affect us. They shape
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