You Are Here

How should we respond when we know we're somewhere, but we're not sure where, or why?

We Americans love our shopping malls, those temples of consumerism where every conceivable materialistic need can be satisfied.

But not one of the ten largest malls on the planet is located in the United States. Instead, you'll find them in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or Istanbul. The largest three in terms of gross space available for leasing are in Quezon City (Philippines), Beijing and -- the largest -- in Dongguan (China) with 659,612 square meters of leasing space.

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, narrowly misses the top 10 list. More than 40 million visitors come to this mega-mall and it hires 11,000 workers year around, and 13,000 during peak seasons. It's huge.

When you go to such a mall, one of the first things you look for is an IDEO marker, i.e., a sign that says YOU ARE HERE.

But these signs can be anywhere -- like at an airport.

Timothy Merrill, Executive Editor here at Homiletics, tells of passing through Boston's Logan airport the summer of 2014. (If you've had an...