With all the comments about AI and modern church trends, all of which were issues I totally missed, (having been in rural Missouri as a carpenter/ handyman raising my 8 kids from 2001 to 2016.) I realize most of what I "missed" was useless prattle about issues I'd already found the answer for. None of those issues are, maybe, unimportant in themselves: but it seemed they were all posed by folks seeking an answer I'd already found. I'd become happy with myself, developed a strong marriage and, it turns out, raised mostly healthy kids. This seems to be what many were seeking an answer for.
With all the comments about AI and modern church trends, all of which were issues I totally missed, (having been in rural Missouri as a carpenter/ handyman raising my 8 kids from 2001 to 2016.) I realize most of what I "missed" was useless prattle about issues I'd already found the answer for. None of those issues are, maybe, unimportant in themselves: but it seemed they were all posed by folks seeking an answer I'd already found. I'd become happy with myself, developed a strong marriage and, it turns out, raised mostly healthy kids. This seems to be what many were seeking an answer for.