by Bob Soco | Jun 24, 2022 | Christianity and Social Issues, Christianity and Society
Where are all the men? More importantly – why are they not interested in Christianity? The stats, brothers and sisters, speak for themselves. Across all denominations a recent YouGov poll of 7k adults showed that only 4.4% of men attended church at least once a...
by Bob Soco | Jun 6, 2022 | Church Life and Engagement, Church Practices and Traditions
We have written in passing about the “shepherding heights” of education, religion, family, business, government/military/policing, arts/entertainment, and media. What I mean by this phrase ‘shepherding heights’ is that from these positions of...
by Bob Soco | May 8, 2022 | Church Life and Engagement, Church Practices and Traditions
Certainly, within my lifetime, I will not see the end of “club” churches. While they are adding to the collapse of Christianity in the West – primarily because most “club” churches are just awful, I am confident that their days are...
by Bob Soco | Mar 18, 2022 | Reflections and Devotions, Spiritual Growth and Devotional Life
I remember once in my place of work that, as Ramadan came around, my work colleagues were conscientious to a fault to demonstrate both their care for Muslim colleagues who were fasting and to note how impressed they were at the practice. That same year, those same...
by Bob Soco | Feb 21, 2022 | Church and Cultural Engagement, Church Life and Engagement
Let us begin by defining the term postmodernity. Clearly, as the word suggests, it is ‘after modernity’ and so its definition is a contrast to what came before. So, before we can see what postmodernity is, we must see clearly what modernity is. It should...