Older people sometimes talk about the good old days when life was better. In fact, they talk nostalgically about their own youth that was irretrievably gone. The past century has made enormous progress in all fields. The standard of living, work environment, health care quality and mobility, and the availability of cultural programs, recreational activities and information _ all that clearly speaks in favor of nowadays.
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Estimates of the ionic mobilities vary over a considerable range; but in any event, the positive ionic defect is much more mobile in the solid than in the liquid, and its mobility varies very little with the temperature.
A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.
Beyond a certain speed, motorized vehicles create remoteness which they alone can shrink. They create distances for all and shrink them for only a few. A new dirt road through the wilderness brings the city within view, but not within reach, of most Brazilian subsistence farmers. The new expressway expands Chicago, but it sucks those who are well-wheeled away from a downtown that decays into a ghetto.
Experience_, when no longer a measure of security, becomes what it is now: freely exchangeable currency.
In addition to the transience of their members, churches themselves face a crisis of hypermobility. Many churches have put down only shallow roots in their neighborhood, or no roots at all. We__e all heard the question, __f our church suddenly moved to a new location fifteen miles away, would anyone in our neighborhood notice we were gone?_ But what if we asked ourselves this question: __f our church was magically lifted off the ground and moved to a location fifteen miles away, would we notice the difference?_ Western churches have become so disentangled from their own places that this question could be a cold, hard look in the mirror for many faith communities.
Experience, when no longer a measure of security, becomes what it is now:freely exchangeable currency.