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Man kneels in prayer inside a stone prison cell, surrounded by glowing light from a barred window above

Philippians 4:6-7

Paul instructs the Philippian church to replace anxiety with prayer, petition, and thanksgiving, trusting God with their needs. In return, God’s peace—surpassing human understanding—guards their hearts and minds through Christ. This passage reveals believers’ call to mature faith, trading worry for trust and experiencing divine protection amid life’s trials.

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Woman sitting alone in a hospital waiting area, looking tense as a news broadcast plays on a wall-mounted TV

What has fundamentally changed the world for the worst but us humans haven’t realized?

Boredom was never the enemy. For most of human history, idle time quietly powered memory consolidation, creative insight, and empathy through the brain’s default mode network. Smartphones and algorithmic feeds have colonized those cognitive gaps, training our brains away from depth and sustained thought. Frank argues we didn’t fix boredom — we amputated it, and we’re only beginning to feel what’s gone.

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A backpack and keys left on a curb outside a house as four kids ride bikes down the street

The Pros and Cons of Being a GenX Latchkey Kid

Growing up as a Gen-X latchkey kid on Lakeside Drive in Milledgeville, Georgia meant coming home to empty houses, cooking dinner at eleven, and figuring everything out alone. Frank reflects honestly on how that unsupervised childhood built real capability, resilience, and problem-solving instincts while also leaving lasting wounds around emotional regulation, isolation, and decades of undiagnosed AuDHD.

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