The people generally went along without a peep. With a shrug and a laconic “Whatever” they lapsed into being “nones” – people with no specific religious identity. Is this us?

Wastelands and badlands are stretching out now – asphalt tundras glittering with places to spend money you don’t have to buy things you don’t need for purposes that won’t make you happy. These are the new desolate places where we go to pray for peace, do penance, and engage with demoniacs.