introduction to the madness.

Change is one of the most powerful, emotion-provoking words in the English language. Sometimes we're all scared of it, hesitant to embrace it. But sometimes it's what we want more then anything else. We know it's what we need.

The youth are always more attuned to this desire, because we look at the world from a vantage point unclouded by habit, clear of "This is how it's always been"s and "This is the way I grew up"s. Adolescence is a precious time when you can see the world clearly, if just for a few years. We'll come back to how important this is later.

The church is dying for change. Or dying because of lack of it. Depends on how you look at it. Sure, we have more megachurches then ever. But if you look around those churches, you won't see youth beyond high school. And for every ten high schoolers you see in the church, probably only two will remain after graduation, if you trust the statistics.

Why?

Because the church has strayed from where it is supposed to be. Modern churches are like shells you find on the beach. They look good on the outside, but the living thing inside has been dead and gone for a long time.

There's been story after story of people pressured away from the body because of how they dress or how they look. Story after story of kids who's hearts have been broken by people they expected to love them who have pushed them away.

This is not the way it was supposed to be. The hatred, the malice, the drama, the betrayal, the shallowness of the church today.

The fault is with the lack of love.

Church has become a cold institution, a college of high-minded theologians in their ivory towers, looking down on the rest of the masses, while the world is dying around them. The community is gone.

All the youth recognize this. So naturally, they bail. It's completely understandable.

But maybe, instead of throwing our hands up in defeat, we can change. We can step up. We are the future. Tomorrow rests in our hands.

John Mayer wrote a song called "Waiting on the World to Change". Here's some of that:

"One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting

Waiting on the world to change"

One day, we will rule the population. The future of Christianity is in our hands.

That's what this blog is all about. Deciding what needs to be changed. Planning for the future. Moving above our differences in minor doctrines and our disagreements to form the Christian community of tomorrow.