Yes, I broke up with Facebook, at least for the month of December then perhaps we'll re-evaluate. You see, Facebook has become like a boyfriend I love but who's really not good for me. We have fun together, the thrills are there, but ultimately toxic crap keeps coming up in our relationship. Besides that, I've been addicted to "him" and he's been taking up way too much of my time and life energy. I don't need that any more. The stars and planets seem to be aligned for it, in fact, because despite my past addiction, it's been absolutely easy to do this. No tears and no illicit liaisons "for old times' sake" in this break-up. The last time I had an Advent that felt this freeing was in 1993. I spent the fall semester in Washington, D.C., studying through a theological consortium and living at the Luther House of Studies (now the Lutheran Center for Theology and Public Life ). My Seminary had a program for this so it was an easy ...
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