The Series That Could Get Me In Trouble

Well my blogs on Xanga could really talk about anything because the only people who read it were my friends at school and at home. But NOW I'm a big kid and my blog is on places like Facebook and well not everyone there knows me as well as my friends and family. But I'm going to risk it in this blog I tell you what! I'm going to talk about things...scary things...things that could get me in trouble.

OK well maybe not but it sounded good didn't it?

Well it's election time once again as my good friend Diddy reminds me daily, when he's not pimping out BK

Thanks Diddy

Anyway, growing up kind of sucks. I never used to worry about such things as politics. And I'd still like to keep it that way, but stuff changes and as it turns out this politics stuff effects even me! I don't like that Raymond! And well once you add in everything I learned in church - well the whole thing becomes a mess!

Thank the good Lord (literally) that my home church and my NEW home church have never preached from the pulpit about who I should or shouldn't vote for. I mean sometimes back home pastor would say we need to watch out for this law or that, or candidates who stand for this or that, but NEVER have I heard "AS A CHRISTIAN YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR..."

But unfortunately this kind of stuff DOES happen A LOT. And even more unfortunately it usually comes from the Christians that you see and hear in the media most (a.k.a those with the biggest mouths - not all, but let's be honest most). And it has affected how the world sees us! I've been reading this AMAZING book by the Barna Research group called unChristian. They surveyed non-Christians my age and younger to see how they really view Christianity. And they list the top 5 things - one of those being: Christians are too involved in politics.

While I was in school we had to take a class called Worldview Development, where we had to take everything we learned in our Bible classes and just apply them to everyday situations. And I vividly remember one of those being - Should the Church be involved in politics? Now the thing that caught me off guard was the subject of the question. It wasn't asking should CHRISTIANS be involved in politics RATHER should THE CHURCH!

And I remember reading an article about this pastor who preached a series of messages warning the church to not get obsessed with the political realm. After preaching this series about half of his church (Several thousand) left! But the other half were so relieved that they weren't the only ones who felt that way. They were free to admit that just because they were Christians didn't automatically mean they were conservative, right-wing citizens. Because after all Christianity is not a political party!

Anywho...I write this incredibly looong intro to say - I finally bought the book that pastor wrote. And I'm finding it super interesting! Keep in mind I said interesting. I haven't read the whole thing yet (only a few chapters) and well I want to take you on this journey as well!! I'm going to start writing posts with stuff from the book and my own thoughts because I WANT TO HEAR YOURS.

So what do you think my people? YAY or NEIGH? (pun) Good idea or bad idea?