The Church and Pop Culture

Yesterday, our family spent a couple of hours with a few friends from church as we celebrated Daniel's birthday. During our time together, we spent a little while talking about many of the cartoons that we remember from our childhood. As I think back, I am amazed at how many episodes, punch-lines, and other specifics I can remember from those shows. Yet, as Peter Leithart shows, we often know much more about pop culture than we know about the Church.

Take a few minutes to take a two-part quiz about the Church and Pop Culture. Then, read the lecture that follows. I believe many of you will find it both convicting and enlightening.

Living Good Lives, For Kindom Sake

I'm looking forward to reading the upcoming issue of byFaith magazine. A preview is available in pdf here (HT: Reformed News).

Together (At Random Times)

I'm a Woman

As Amy was dressing Alora this morning, they had the following conversation:

Amy: Come here my big girl.

Alora: I'm not a big girl.

Amy: You're not? Are you a baby?

Alora: No, I'm not a baby.

Amy: Okay, then I'll call you little girl.

Alora: I'm not a little girl. I'm a woman.

Alora's Prayer

Every night before Alora goes to bed Amy and I kneel down and pray with her. Although our prayers differ slightly each night, we always incorporate the greatest commandment (Mark 12:30) into our prayer time. Usually, I say a few words and Alora repeats after me. In the same way, we pray together before each of our meals.

Well, the other night at dinner time we all joined hands and I asked Alora if she wanted to pray with us. Yet, instead of waiting on me to begin the prayer, Alora began praying on her own: "Jesus, I love you with all of my heart, all my soul, all my mind, all my strength. Amen." Amy and I sat at the table in silence while our eyes filled with tears of joy.

Praise God for His grace! Praise God for our children! With the Psalmist we say, "Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward" (Psalm 127:3).