A difficult question is how should a Christian engage her culture. From opposite sides, Jim Wallis and James Dobson are two guys who are out there wielding power and influence to try to shape the course of political debate. My distaste for Dobson is well documented.
Politics aside, for me personally it's a question I wonder about. What's the best way for me to engage those around me...and the news about what Christianity means to most young people these days is also on my mind:
Majorities of young people in America describe modern-day Christianity as judgmental, hypocritical and anti-gay. What's more, many Christians don't even want to call themselves "Christian" because of the baggage that accompanies the label.
A new book based on research by the California-based research firm The Barna Group found that church attitudes about people in general and gays in particular are driving a negative image of the Christian faith among people ages 16-29.
When I listened to the following passage recently, it jumped out at me. Paul's advice to the Thessalonians about engaging non-Christians is interesting and may be the same advice that we need today:
“11 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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