Just thoughts spurred on from a book I'm reading.

Sometime during my junior year of high school Christianity became a fad. Sadly, in order to have been a part of that fad crowd you had to attend a certain church and a certain youth group.

It is so sad to see that the people that were so influential in helping bring people to Christianity (but unfortunately, not necessarily to Christ) had pretty much all turned their backs on the faith. It just saddens me to see it.

Maybe they discovered that following Christ isn't all roses, daisies, and frolics in easy fields. I have lots of thoughts on this issue but I'm not sure how to express that. Devastating is probably the correct word.

I've been reading a book lately that deals with issues like that and like what many churches are like in the states these days. People are definitely suffering from spiritual suburbia. People live in complacency instead of truly listening to God's voice and calling. They just want what's comfortable, not what's real.

Get out of the burbs, take some risks, and live for Christ!

(The book is Plastic Jesus: Exposing the Hollowness of Comfortable Christianity by Dr. Eric Sandras. A challenging and highly recommended read.)