Mega Trends

Ok, sorry. I have been away for awhile. Our son Mathis was born just five weeks ago, so our time preparing for that and then well trying to keep our heads above water since the birth, have kept me busy. But things are returning to normal.

So back to the blog...

A few more things to consider are two mega-trends so to speak, that are going on in our world. These mega-trends although not always prevelant in our thinking and day to day conversation, basically influence the entire world, from the coffee we drink to the movies we watch to who is what our next door neighbor's son thinks.

These two trends are post-modernism and gobalization.

In the Christian world we often want to reduce everything down to a good or bad equation. We ask, if something is Christian or good and should be accepted, or if it is bad and should be rejected. This is a fundamental problem, because post-modernism and globalization are part of our world culture, they are the context we live in. We can not escape them. Naturally, there are some aspects of both that are positive and negative. As such, both of these trends need to be viewed as neutral, in that they are the context we live in and minister in. Post-modernism and globalization like any context (modernism, US consumerism, etc.), are both dangerous to the gospel, while also providing salient points of connection for ministry. As Christians we need to oppose the aspects of these trends that are anti-Christian and dangerous, but we can also embrace aspects that are helpful and even possibly Christian. In a word, we need to be careful students of our world and culture, retaining our distinctly Christian belief and mission while incarnating the gospel of Christ's love relevantly.

More to come...