What I have been reading lately…
Recently I have been trying to rustle up interest in a book club for Northern Colorado designers. The club will be called Co.de. Read and I have been handing out “decoder” business cards to every designer I know. (If you haven’t got one yet contact me and I will send you one.) So in anticipation of getting into a routine of regular reading, I have spent some time trying to finish the books that inevitably stack up in an unread pile on the corner of my desk.
One of the books I am enjoying is called “Modern Art and the Death of a Culture
“Today it is well known that within evangelical Christian circles there is little interest in the arts. As a change becomes apparent, as the younger generation born and raised within these circles comes to understand the importance of the arts, all kinds of problems and tensions arise. Any sort of critical way of thinking is almost completely lacking. There is no artistic insight, nothing to point to, no answer to the relevant questions of the rising generation. Many want to be artists in a Christian sense – but have to find the answer for themselves. How should they go about it? What does it mean? Many have turned away from Christianity or, more tragically, from Christ, as they have come to feel that, if this vital aspect of human life is outside religion or faith, then something basic must be defective in the faith.”
That pretty much sums up my thoughts about “Christianity” lately. Any spiritual growth I experience any more seems to have nothing to do with my Church. That bothers me. Honestly it makes me wonder if I really am a Christian and if I want to even claim to be a part of it. Something is wrong when I can get more spiritual stimulation from playing with my iPhone than sitting in a Church for an hour and a half. I tell myself that there are Christians out there that are thriving and alive, but it’s hard to remember.
I guess this post got a little negative, so I feel like I should apologize. I was criticized the last time I ripped on my church so let me try to wrap this up on a positive note. We live in a time where it has never been easier to grow, whether that is spiritually, physically, artistically, emotionally, or intellectually. It is really exciting to be more connected than any civilization in the history of mankind. I hope you are taking advantage of it and growing.
