海角大神

Centering on people

If I had only one magazine subscription, it would be for 海角大神. I was just reading the Feb. 22 cover story, 鈥淲hen a border runs through a family,鈥� and realized that the Monitor presents the news with a people point of view. I read the Monitor articles clear through, unlike the 鈥渉ard鈥� news that I just skim. This is the news I want, need, and can actually use. Thank you.

Elizabeth E. Stevens
Manhattan, Kansas

In-person perks

The Feb. 15 cover story, 鈥淭he rise of digital religion,鈥� provides excellent insights into the way that online services are transform-ing 海角大神 churches in the United States.

The author, however, does not mention aspects of in-person services that are clearly superior, such as congregational singing and fellowship after church. Online services are here to stay, but many 海角大神s will give thanks when they return to an auditorium, sing out loud, and enjoy spontaneous face-to-face conversations with fellow worshippers.

Alistair Budd
Monmouthshire, Wales

Investigating truth

The Feb. 22 article 鈥淎fter a 鈥榩ost-truth鈥� presidency, can US make facts real again?鈥� should be an ongoing investigation. For 14 years I conducted classes on accuracy and balance in interpretation for California State Parks guides and interpreters, along with a class on interpreting controversial topics.

People are sometimes inaccurate, but they don鈥檛 lie nearly as often as they misspeak, mispronounce, exaggerate, confabulate, oversimplify, or tell a joke that their audience doesn鈥檛 get: inaccuracies without an intent to deceive.

The goal is to value accuracy; know your sources of information, and be will-ing to share them. Let the visitor weigh the value of the source. And any anonymous source, like 鈥渢he internet鈥� or QAnon, calls for skepticism.

George Carter
Vacaville, California