There is a growing trend in the Christian body. It's called the spaghetti strainer. As I talk to people, and experience a new season of life, (single to married, and now expecting a child) I have been hearing more and more of the phrases "well, they just are in a different season of life." Or, "we need to meet them where they are at" (often referring to younger people). And, "we like people who aren't our own age but I don't really have anything in common with them and it makes me feel awkward." That is just a beginning summary of the strainer. Essentially, our culture, and now we as the body of Christ embracing our culture (or at least wanting to fit in), has found itself in a place where every age, and every season of life, must be "strained" to fit in the right category. This has been something I have noticed in the general observations of church and personally in my own life. There are several reasons I think that the strainer of...
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