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In <\/span>\u201cFrom Monks and Bells to Apps and Notifications,\u201d<\/span><\/a> Christianity Today reviewed \u201cThe Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Sacred Time Against the Speed of Modern Life\u201d by Professor Andrew Root, Carrie Olson Baalson Chair of Youth and Family Ministry. The reviewer, Chris Nye, wrote that Root \u201cachieves something quite remarkable\u201d in his latest book. In Nye\u2019s words, \u201cRoot, a ministry professor at Luther Seminary, places two issues\u2014speed and secularism\u2014at the center of our current cultural weariness. But the solutions he offers are anything but simplistic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In \u201cFrom Monks and Bells to Apps and Notifications,\u201d Christianity Today reviewed \u201cThe Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Sacred Time Against the Speed of Modern Life\u201d by Professor Andrew Root, Carrie Olson Baalson Chair of Youth and Family Ministry. The reviewer, Chris Nye, wrote that Root \u201cachieves something quite remarkable\u201d in his latest book. 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