rain

Summer in TN.
No rain for one month.
Dead Grass.
Raining all week.
Greenery returns immediately.
God is good.

void

Blogging seems to have lost its trendiness.

My news feed is about as cluttered my grandmother's kitchen.

Now I can feel like I'm contributing once again. You're welcome, blogging world.

leaving christianity?

Here is a great blog entry on why young people are leaving Christianity.

It can be easy to blame college for doubts. I too first experienced serious doubt while a college student. However, I feel it had nothing to do with my professors. It had more to do with realizing how Christianity really is, with making my relationship with God even more my own (my parents and friends had encouraged that process throughout, but it really sharpened in college).

If anything, I'm a Christian today still because of college professors. One in particular realized that something was wrong and spent a tremendous amount of time in order to make sure I didn't just slip away. Other professors were also encouraging. If anything, doubt fostered stronger Christian community for me.

I didn't doubt because of college. And neither do most of my friends who struggled with Christianity. We're too often looking to pass blame elsewhere instead of first looking in the mirror. We need to be the change we wish to see in Christianity...

Thanks for sharing this link, Ryan Billington