You're Doing What?

Throughout the course of my short life, I have always been very inquisitive; never taking things for it’s face value, never leaving any question in my mind unanswered, never accepting the worldly standards as “truth”. As I entered my freshman year of high school at an college-prep extension program for homeschoolers, I became even more enthralled in the idea of analyzing this world. Under the brilliant guidance of my worldview teacher, Ms. Mock, I developed the tools needed for deep thinking—along with the rest of my class.

In the Great Commission, Jesus tells his followers to go out into the entire world and preach the gospel. But how can we affect a culture we know nothing about? We must be awake to the culture and to what is going on around us, yet keep our focus on God. “They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world” (John 17:16-18). We are to be in the world, but not of it—to be removed from the influence of secular culture BUT be in the middle of it, fighting it and changing it. We must put on the persona of the biblical truth and analyze and sanctify the cultural influences through that truth.

So as I left my freshman year behind, my lifetime friend, Becca French, and I were both unable to escape the fact that Bible is truth and we began to analyze everything we did, saw, and heard through our Rose Colored Glasses. You’ve probably heard the expression; we have challenged ourselves to analyze everything we do through these glasses. With a passion for music and art (mostly music) we have decided to put our thoughts down on paper (…or internet?). But to keep our ideas to ourselves would be just plain selfish, would it not? So here’s the deal. 1. We hear a song 2. We think about the song 3. We write about the song 4. You read about the song 5. You tell US what you think. So please enjoy our thoughts, and share your own. We hope to encourage you to begin thinking deeply about the ideas that penetrate your mind everyday. If you're at all like us, music is nearly constantly playing, and so different worldviews are constantly surrounding your life and penetrating your world. So we urge you to live in this world and not of it, and to be a change and a light to our generation.

~Reagan Johnson