Exit to Eden
It is not unusual to see marketing for suburbs include words like "pristine" and "calm". For many these are key selling points of getting out to the burbs. They are seen as an escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. The burbs are marketed as an oasis from life's chaos.
Taking Suburbia to Heart
Well, it has been a few weeks since I wrote the initial post in the suburban Christianity series but often time in the midsts of life, family, ministry, preaching, and connecting with others in our city blogging falls pretty low on the list.
You combine that with finishing reading a trilogy of books on the subject and you get a bit of wait. But I hope it will be worth it.
DANGER: you are entering the Suburban Jungle
Do you think of where you live as a dangerous place? Perhaps you moved out here to escape the "big" city and all of its issues. So of course it's safe. That's what made you move here. Or it might be that you moved from another part of the country and the suburbs were comfortable and familiar and of course safe. Their similarity to your previous surroundings made you immediately feel "at home". It's just enough separation to find a haven of peace from the chaos of life. But my question is: is suburbia safe for your soul?