Are We Living What We Believe? Are We Busy Stealing Wheelbarrows?

In a sermon several months ago, Pastor Rick commented that over 70% of Americans stilldeclare Christianity as their primary faith. I feel like our culture is rapidly becoming very “post-Christian” and was a little shocked. When I researched the stat later, I found that the Barna group reported a couple of years ago that the […]

Are You Part of the “In-Crowd”? Religiosity & the Currency of Cool

I dropped my son off for one of his first events as a junior high student the other day. As I drove off, I was reminded of the awkwardness of that age. Do you remember your first days in junior high school? As I recall, that is when the “in-crowd” started to form. Social classes […]

Discipleship Might Be Boring?

Apopular journalist commented recently that, “… in today’s culture, everyoneis a publicist.” In his estimation, social media allows us to release several “press updates” a day detailing our trials or victories to the world. Last week, I wrote about our romance with social media and the temptation of aggrandizing our “digital personas” in a blog […]