This was a statement made to me by a young professional. She made a profession of faith as a child, grew up in church and was active in a college ministry. She no longer attends church. She said, "I pray every night and read the Bible.". Her statement comes out of our recent election process where stories indicate that 89% of Christians voted for Donald Trump. She believes that Mr. Trump represents all we say Christianity stands opposed to....immorality, marital infiidelity, lack of care for the downtrodden, etc. Simply put, she feels that when it came to the election, Christians voted for power over godly values.
Around that same time I visited with a mother of school aged children. This woman is very active in and takes a lead role in school related activities. She said, "We just elected a man president who says and does things things we expel children from school for doing. How do we explain that?".
What does this have to do with college ministry? I believe those conversations reflect the feelings and concerns of many students with which we will be dealing in the next few years. I do not have a ready answer to how we do that. But, we better begin to work on our response.
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