Moving On

Satire is a wonderful thing. Few forms of communication can be so piercing and illuminative while also not becoming voerly cynical. I read satire to learn things about myself, my world, and sometimes my church.

Larknews.com was recommended to me by a friend during college. I instantly found it ridiculously funny, but a few minutes later I was re-evaluating the small, subconscious categories and characterizations I was making. My own absurdity was revealed. Anyone who has ever seriously studied Swift's Gulliver's Travels knows what I mean.

Inspired by my own remarks about cynicism a few weeks back, and by the wisdom only a sister-in-law can possess, I have decided to discontinue my link to larknews.com. I really do not read it any longer, because it is no longer (very) funny but tragic. It was quite helpful satire for life at OBU. Larknews served as a reminder that the things many people were taking seriously were quite ridiculous. But it has lost its edge on me. Now, it just fuels the fires of cynicism. That is the last thing I need right now.

I am not claiming to be more mature suddenly, or to have become enlightened to the point of ultimate knowledge. But I believe this satire of Christian evangelical subculture has done its work on me. I am ready to get involved. Therefore, I commend it to you one last time, here. Read it, laugh a little, then tell me what you think of it. I hope it offends you in a constructive way.