What To Write About

Well, here I go. I am not even sure what I want to write about. I mean I have so much I want to write about but can't do it all in one blog. So this one will be random and crazy but should come clear in the end. So let me begin with politics. I like Barack Obama. No I don't think he is a member of Islam (but does that really matter; unless he is lying about being Christian then we have a problem in my view). But let's don't get caught up on that. A good friend of mine wrote a blog that I am going to reference. His wife pointed out the difference in the campaign signs that each Democratic hopeful uses. Hilliary uses the common everyday sign with her name there blah blah blah. Barach uses simply the word CHANGE in very large font. Now he has his name on the sign but what a glaring difference between the 2. One talks about change and uses her name to signify it and one uses the word change and then tells how things will be different. I believe there is something to this. I believe in him over her. Its not because I think she is evil. I know a lot of people that do not like Mrs. Clinton for various reasons. I am not necessarily one of those folks. I just happen to think he stands for something new, fresh, different and FORWARD THINKING. Notice I capitalized FORWARD THINKING. I did that ON PURPOSE because I think FORWARD THINKING is something that needs to be practiced on several levels of our world(myself included!!!!!!!!!).

What do I mean by FORWARD THINKING. Well, let me start by saying I don't mean: predicting the future, running over people to get things done because you think you can or should, change for change sake (though I am not always opposed to that), taking time to think through situations instead of reacting all the time. So what do I mean? I think FORWARD THINKING is looking beyond yourself to others. I think it means to make decisions based on what is right not on what someone else thinks is right. I think it means taking a look at the status quo and think about if it needs to be changed or adjusted then take the steps to do so. I could say more but I won't.

This brings me to the 2nd half of my time today. I will probably get a bit 'soapboxish' here in the next few lines so you may or may not want to tune this out. Let me just say that I am very passionate about our next generation. By next generation, I mean those young adults that are 30 and below. Their world is different from mine and the one they grow up in is different than the one I grew up in. I will argue with anyone that says different. The next generation grew up with: computers, cell phones, email, easy-access porn, TiVo, wealth, easy-access drugs/alcohol...the list could go on and on. The differences between our world now and 20 years ago are so glaring. Adults have more and more left these young adults/kids to fend for themselves, raise themselves, count on their peers more than their parents, etc. I will talk about this later. What I want to say right now is that it is time for some FORWARD THINKING when it comes to the next generation. In particular, its time for our churches to FORWARD THINK. The times are changing and have changed even faster when it comes to the way churches reached people 20 years ago versus today. And it is going to change even more drastically over the next 10 years. I believe that we could see hundreds and maybe thousands of churches either close their doors or be replaced by mega churches. I don't think this is an altogether bad thing but it is sad. I think for the most part most churches still think they can lure, reach, convert, save, minister to--insert your church's word here--the same way they were reached, lured, etc. Yet what worked 20, 30, 40, 15 years ago don't work and will probably not work again. It is time for some FORWARD THINKING. It is time for some FORWARD THINKING in the way the Jesus was a FORWARD THINKER or the way Paul, John, Mary, Phoebe, Esther, etc were FORWARD THINKERS. What do I mean? Tune in for more tomorrow.