John B. Maes: We’ve achieved so much, but at what cost?
This world has seen material advancement in the past 250 years that is unparallelled in known history. While this advancement is wonderful, man has subordinated his spiritual advancement in favor of the almighty dollar. The pendulum has swung far in one direction.
It is time that it come back to the center, where family values come first. Our children have been neglected in favor of two-income families to pay for large homes, two or three cars, drugs and alcohol. Is this the progress we want for future generations? No.
The thing that made our country the greatest on the planet began with our freedom of choice and the high ideals of our founding fathers. Our target now should be a balance between the material and spiritual sides of our nature. When God is removed from the equation, many problems seem to occur. Evidence: global strife.
John B. Maes, Altaville
This story was originally published January 25, 2018 at 2:53 PM with the headline "John B. Maes: We’ve achieved so much, but at what cost?."