Monday, March 09, 2009

Interesting article

Just read this interesting article about the current state of religious life in America. Thoughts? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_on_re/rel_religious_america

5 comments:

Mark Lioret said...

well, this nearly set me off on a rant about this being more evidence of the results of the long-standing secularization of our nation and the continued attack against Christianity and conservatism by the political/entertainment/press/education machines.... but.. *phew*...i'll just leave it with,"Lord help our nation..." (though the article didn't report that Louisiana was one of the few states to show an increase in Christians...)

Mark Lioret said...

oh yea - chris, how ya like our pic on the beach of durban?

Mark Lioret said...

actually, now that i got my initial smart-alec nature out the way... it saddens me to see our nation going down this road.. it reminds me that we (the Church) have a lot of work to do - right here in our own world - to be God's light, his hands and feet, right there at work, or school, or the mall, or wherever we find ourselves... and yea i'm up late waiting for a load of clothes to finish washing so i can throw em in the dryer and get to bed... *lol*

Chris said...

Love the picture by the way! I miss Africa something awful.
Yeah, this article is engraining what I have been thinking for some time now. We are truly entering into a post-Christian society much like Europe has already. We no longer have the "majority" on truth and morality. Can we even call ourselves "THE Christian Nation" any longer?
I think there is hope, though. Christianity caught on like wildfire in the early church. It was a grassroots movement that flew in the face of the popular Caesar worship of the day. It didn't need the support of the majority to be "The Light". I guess its time we need to return to our roots as a movement!
-chris

Mark Lioret said...

yea, when i said the Church needed to get busy - i really meant us - the body - the people.. not the institution... do something to affect your world.. teach someone how to affect their world.. and so forth.. i've often wondered how, as a worship leader, to get this across to the congregation - THAT is worship, much more so than what we do here in the building on Sunday morning...