The sad, cheap state of Christianity in America - and a revival in the works

Much of what passes for Christianity in America has become corrupted into a barely recognizable caricature of what it should be. Please read -  Are We Finally Witnessing The Death Of Christianity In America? by Zack Hunt

The future of Christianity in this country isn't threatened by shifting demographics.

The Christian faith in America is on life support because far too many of us have simply stopped living like Jesus.

Christianity is facing an existential crisis in America not because our pews aren't quite as packed as they used to be, but because - through an embrace of violence, hatred towards Muslims, callous rejection of refugees, demonization of the LGBT community, and a whole host of starkly anti-Christian actions - we've allowed the gospel of Jesus to be supplanted with sanctified and extreme right wing politics.  read full essay

Of course, our own wonderful Catholic Women Priests (RCWP/ARCWP) are leading a small but growing movement to restore the gospel values of inclusiveness, collaboration, humility, simplicity, love and charity, to our faith.

The re-birth of Christianity may grow from our rejection of the failed and corrupted remnants of previous religious institutions.  See the fascinating essay by John Pavlovitz for a vision of what the future of Christianity might look like - ​My Emancipation From American Christianity

If religion it is to be worth holding on to, it should be the place were the marginalized feel the most visible, where the hurting receive the most tender care, where the outsiders find the safest refuge.
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It should be the place where diversity is fiercely pursued and equality loudly championed; where all of humanity finds a permanent home and where justice runs the show.

…Jesus said that the Spirit moves where it pleases, and with it go those in its glorious grip. In my heart and in the hearts of so many like me, that Spirit is boldly declaring its emancipation from the small, heavily guarded space that wants to contain it, and taking us out into the wide, breathtaking expanses of unfettered faith.  read full essay