Twinkies

I don't know who said, "sometimes if we don't get the broccoli we need, we go for the Twinkies"--but I think it's a profound statement.

I believe that most of our news, books, entertainment, and indeed our whole culture is made of Twinkies--superficial, full of air, and VERY bad for our spiritual health.

I am tired of seeing and hearing about J-Lo;
I am tired of loud music with obscene lyrics;
I am tired of most advertising which appeals to
materialism;
I am tired of stick-thin models wearing ridiculous
clothes;
I am tired of the reality shows which appeal to our baser
instincts;
I am tired of magazines at the grocery store check-out
which tout the marriages and adulteries of
celebrities, the joys of the gay life, and tales
about enhanced breasts.

Don't you wish you would never hear these words again-- Viagra, botox, terrorist, same-sex marriage,WMD, bombings in Iraq, etc.

Dear Father, help us to be salt and light in this darkening generation.