The Commodification of Christianity & What a Gen Z Skeptic Sees That We've Missed

A Gen Z writer who describes herself as new to the Christian faith wrote something that should stop every church leader cold: "I worry we're not finding God. We're finding content about God." Brian From unpacks her piece on the commodification and gamification of Christianity — prayer streaks, Bible subscription apps, Sunday sermons on Spotify — and asks whether making faith frictionless is actually costing us the transcendence people are desperately searching for. Then: a North Carolina valedictorian who ditched her pre-approved speech to go off-script, and why being brave doesn't make breaking your agreement okay. The solitude influencer phenomenon — hundreds of thousands of followers, zero friends — and what the church can uniquely offer into a loneliness epidemic. A Christian baseball player allegedly sidelined by the Washington Nationals for his Catholic views during Pride Month, and what that tells us about the kind of quiet sidelining Christians should actually expect. Albert Moller shares a difficult health update. Shane Eidelman is battling head and neck cancer with a 30-50% five-year survival rate. The life and legacy of Dale Rotan, quiet co-founder of Operation Mobilization, who just passed at 88. And a reminder that Jesus wins — and therefore, your labor in the Lord is not in vain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.