Oops, I Broke It...

Well, four posts in and I already broke the blog.

"Crazy girl, what is she talking about?" you mutter.

I had been thinking about writing a blog for months. Perhaps even over a year. Writing comes naturally to me, and I have copious amounts of ideas to share. Spreading biblical truth is especially important to me, since there seems to be such a lack of it in our confused society.

Eventually, I did start this blog, with the intent of ironing out wrinkles in the fabric of mainstream Christian thinking. The spark that started this engine was a worldview class I started teaching in January for my church's youth group. We meet only twice a month, so I decided my first series of posts would be geared towards supplementing the teachings presented in our discussion group.

While I think this is an excellent idea, it also proved to be the blog-breaker. I tried too hard to write what I thought was necessary for my youth group, rather than writing on issues that weighed heavily on my heart. The post I promised on divine revelation remains unfinished, because I don't think it's what God would have me write, at least for the time being. Far better to address questions being posed to us in everyday life.

So what is weighing on my heart right now? I'll share some of it with you. I recently went on a church retreat where the topic of study was that of being part of the chain of Christian faith that has persisted for the last 2000 years, and passing truth on to the next generation. I don't want to see fair-weather faith and irresponsibility in my generation. I don't want to see the glory of Christ traded for some feel-good teachings attributed to Jesus. I don't want to see bold truth traded for trendy buzzwords and a hip Sunday morning atmosphere. I want to encourage the current generation of believers to be genuine followers of Christ.

There are other issues, not quite as monumental as this. Nonetheless, they must be addressed. What is a proper Christian response to homosexuality? What is church anyway? How do we serve God if we're not pastors or missionaries? What is good worship? And what is with this essential oils trend I see among 'biblical homemakers' (a term which deserves its own post)?

So here's an apology to you, readers; I promised a new post this week and totally didn't deliver. What I will promise is that from now on, I'll be writing about the questions God places on my heart, rather than what I think is 'supposed' to come next.