Currently Reading They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations By Dan Kimball see related

Hmm. It can be pretty heavy duty. We can get sooo wrapped up in church, our 'christian' job, stuff like that, that we end up not having any friends outside of the church; not really having other ppl that I might even know they're whole name who are not part of my christian circle. Hmm.

My older guys are better at this than I am. I do get rather annoyed when they've been talking with these friends late into the night . . . something we need to work on. But I applaud them for hanging in there and being Jesus to their friends.

It struck me that in Dan's book as his team interviewed college students, that 14 out of 16 did not even know any Christians personally (p 38). No wonder they have all these weird ideas about what christians are like. I have lots of responsibilities and lots of relationships to work on. I'm not sure where this all fits in my life . . . , but I do know somewhere inside me that I need to be a light for Christ where I am.