The Future...
" Your greatest truth from God this week could be found in the Springs Pub ." " You need to go for coffee with that gay guy you know." " Recently divorced people should be able to date other people and feel welcome in the chair beside you at church ..." My generation has a terrible cultural hangover that comes from too many evangelists in white shoes and cadillacs " God gave them " and so we feel a need to say and do ( what we think) are outrageous things. Many Gen. Y Christian kids I talk to would look at my first three statements and say " yeah, no big deal, so what's your point ? " The point is that I have noticed that there is a vested interest in other groups of people from my generation perpetuating an old "cultural christianity" that is being driven into many Christian kids today. ie. " Vote Conservative because it is the only Christian alternative. Non-drinking as a doctrinal obligation rather than a well thought-out choice. Private Christian schools as the "best" first choice for teenagers."... The amazing part of this generation of youth is that in the midst of their rebellion against this neo-conservative crew, they remain Christian in their world-view and personal faith.
In the end they will carry the day, not just because they are young, but because they have abandoned the " culture" but not their faith in Christ. My generation abandoned the whole package at times and then were returned to the fold. Yes we blazed some new trails in the Christian context as part of the rebellious youth of the 60's and 70's, but this new crew of youth has made the mighty halls of worship look very jaded. They are in your face, they refuse to accept Christian cultural cliches, and best of all they don't go away ( like we used to ) they stay and fight for the Jesus they accepted, not the one some others have dressed up far too much... As for me; I vote NDP, I love a cold beer on a hot day, and I enjoyed having coffee and discussion with a gay friend of mine last week...My kids read this and say, " Yeah ? so what, cut the fashion statement and find out where Jesus fits in all of it." ...I believe our future is in very good hands...
" Your greatest truth from God this week could be found in the Springs Pub ." " You need to go for coffee with that gay guy you know." " Recently divorced people should be able to date other people and feel welcome in the chair beside you at church ..." My generation has a terrible cultural hangover that comes from too many evangelists in white shoes and cadillacs " God gave them " and so we feel a need to say and do ( what we think) are outrageous things. Many Gen. Y Christian kids I talk to would look at my first three statements and say " yeah, no big deal, so what's your point ? " The point is that I have noticed that there is a vested interest in other groups of people from my generation perpetuating an old "cultural christianity" that is being driven into many Christian kids today. ie. " Vote Conservative because it is the only Christian alternative. Non-drinking as a doctrinal obligation rather than a well thought-out choice. Private Christian schools as the "best" first choice for teenagers."... The amazing part of this generation of youth is that in the midst of their rebellion against this neo-conservative crew, they remain Christian in their world-view and personal faith.
In the end they will carry the day, not just because they are young, but because they have abandoned the " culture" but not their faith in Christ. My generation abandoned the whole package at times and then were returned to the fold. Yes we blazed some new trails in the Christian context as part of the rebellious youth of the 60's and 70's, but this new crew of youth has made the mighty halls of worship look very jaded. They are in your face, they refuse to accept Christian cultural cliches, and best of all they don't go away ( like we used to ) they stay and fight for the Jesus they accepted, not the one some others have dressed up far too much... As for me; I vote NDP, I love a cold beer on a hot day, and I enjoyed having coffee and discussion with a gay friend of mine last week...My kids read this and say, " Yeah ? so what, cut the fashion statement and find out where Jesus fits in all of it." ...I believe our future is in very good hands...
posted by mark at 10:45 PM
2 Comments:
we suck...
You're giving them a pretty great example :) The more they see Christ-in-you, the less the christianese baggage will matter.
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