Just a couple of quotes to ponder. Virtually all cultural institutions, from literature professors at Ivy League schools, to producers of soap operas, to the loudest heavy metal bands, are equally bereft of points of perspective for their activities. In such a time, the church could be a community displaying, in its corporate life and in the lives of its members, a culture of transcendence. This would not mean escaping the world. Without a doubt his idea closely reflects many voices in the Orthodox world.
Culture has very much to do with the human spirit.
What we find beautiful or entertaining or moving is rooted in our spiritual life. The following chart from page 120 shows the tendencies in popular culture verses the tendencies in a higher culture, with which the Orthodox Church through the centuries has identified. It is worth studying and can be utilized in discussions with our teenage students.