Just Thinking Out Loud...

Seeing that this is the 4^th of July weekend coming up, I want to share this story from one of my all-time heroes, Dwight Eisenhower. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, and served from 1953 until 1961. He was also a five-star general in the United States Army. Eisenhower had a speckled religious background growing up, but truly gave himself to the Lord in his early adulthood. Two major things he did for our country that continues to exist today are that he got “under God” placed into our Pledge of Allegiance and he also fought to get “In God We Trust” placed on our currency.

This is a quote from him in regards to church. “The schools were three in number; churches abounded. From memory alone I can identify seven and everybody I knew went to church. Social life was centered around the churches. Church picnics, usually held on the riverbank, were an opportunity to gorge on fried chicken, potato salad, and apple pie. The men pitched horseshoes, the women knitted and talked, the youngsters fished, and everyone recovered from the meal.”

This makes me question, what happened? Why is church not a central part of the lives of Americans today? What has happened in the last 50 years that has drawn even so called 'strong Christians' to push God to second and third place in priority behind work and family? Why is it that soccer games and work related parties cause so many people to bypass their weekly time of corporate worship? Is there something that can be done?

Just thinking out loud...

Three weeks and one day until my surgery...