Engaging Culture 2

This week we’re looking at strategies for engaging the soul of today’s youth culture. To begin, we must continually work to know how the culture is changing. One theologian once said that “every Christian should start their day with the Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other.” This is great advice. Look at the changing soup of youth culture by listening to what they listen to, reading what they read, and watching what they watch. Keep your ears and eyes open for news stories about them, advertisements targeting them and artwork done by them. Observe kids and their posts on social media. Like the apostle Paul when he found himself in the pagan city of Athens, don’t open your mouth until you’ve opened your ears and eyes. The world of our children and teens is changing at breakneck speed. It’s our responsibility to know what’s happening so that we can effectively cross-cultures into their world.