It's Friday, February 3rd, 2023.

I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from

a Christian worldview.

Well we're living in a time of widespread moral confusion, and it doesn't take a great

deal of moral clarity in order to understand that.

We're living in a time in which the absolutely odd, the eccentric, and the bizarre, and

often even the heretical are simply presented as if what we face is nothing more than an

endless cafeteria stream of just do-it-yourself religious choices.

If you look at recent developments in the media, you see some of this.

For example, you have several news media running articles about Marie Kondo.

Now she's all about inter-column.

Now some of you will remember that she really leapt into public consciousness because of

her videos, her programs, and her writings having to do with how to get your life in order.

And she was all about minimalism and control.

Get rid of stuff.

Have empty space, simple structuring, and it was based in her own Asian worldview.

That's why she's often been described as a Japanese lifestyle queen.

Now she's getting a lot of media attention right now because she has written a new book

entitled Marie Kondo's Karashi at home how to organize your space and achieve your ideal

life.

In this, according to the Washington Post, Kondo expands on quote the Japanese concept

of Karashi or way of life.

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