Welcome to the John Mark Comer Teaching's Podcast by Practicing the Way.

This teaching was first given at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon

as a part of the eating and drinking practice.

Robin Williams, we miss you buddy, this man that brought so much joy into our life through the medium of laughter.

I am embarrassed to admit I never saw

Jumangi until this last summer with my children

for the first time.

Oh my gosh. And I just can't help but think of him as an

archetype for our cultural moment. Behind that smile and he had such a great smile there was a deep well of sadness.

And whether it's a Robin Williams or the suicide of an Anthony Bourdain,

or a music video like this is America

about the dark underbelly of the entertainment industry,

in particular the experience of the black community

in our country, or just the stats on antidepressants which are through the roof up

something like 65% and not that many years multi-billion dollar industry even in our city which this time a year I mean our city is just the

overlap of heaven on earth but it's just about three months that it's like that the

rest of the year we rank year after year as the most depressed city in the entire

country right? Whatever it is behind the smile the singing the dancing the noise the

comedic tone of our nation is a deep well of sadness.

For a nation built around the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, man,

it feels like chasing after the wind.

And even in the church behind that smile,

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