DIRT Blog

The headline of this blog is copied from a recent article in USA Today that highlights some of the challenges of keeping our teens involved in the church and growing in their faith. Teens want something that challenges them and stretches them. How else will they grow. If we continue to feed them a diet of pizza parties, tired games and shallow religion (the easy way to do ministry - water seeks it's on level!), then what should we expect other than them dropping out as soon as they get a car or their first job?

Are you doing the hard work of growing students into spiritually powerful adults that will become champions for Christ? Have you heard that todays teen wants to change the world? Society in general is quickly moving to a desire for "the cause" whatever it is: Charity Water, Tom's Shoes, Kiva, etc.

The sad thing is that many the greatest benevolent causes today have no connection to Christ and therefore offer no lasting spiritual transformation. While at the same time the dilema of today's church is "Irrelevance". How can we the church be irrelevant when over 70% of this generation says that they are "Spiritual"?

I think we have become fat and lazy on pizza!
Stop being a second rate entertainment venue and start giving students what the world does not offer. A not so easy, challenging, disciplined, high expectation, drive you to your knees journey with Christ.

Note: Many do not lead at this level because they do not live at this level themselves - ouch.