Even more alarming is that none of the three saw any inconsistency between following God and taking lead roles in American Pie, a movie void of redemptive qualities. Welcome to youth culture at the dawn of the new millennium, a confusing world where an increasing amount of consistent spiritual inconsistency and glaring contradiction socks committed Christian parents and youth workers right in the stomach while the same things roll unnoticed right off our kid's backs. As children raised in the information age, they are growing up surrounded by an unprecedented rate of societal and cultural change. Their place as the second generation steeped in the postmodern world view has led their collective soul to regard truth as relative. Decisions are made not on universally acknowledged and transcendent standards of right and wrong, but on personal feelings at any given point in time.
Emotion takes precedence over reason.
In a world like this there's nothing wrong with three Christian teens inviting millions of their peers to sit in a dark theater and watch as they celebrate and indulge their sexuality in American Pie. The rest of the above article, as well as other articles in past newsletters are available on the CPYU web site. This is great site with lots of useful links to help us keep current with where youth are today. Two Canadian geese and a frog wanted to go south for the winter. For the geese this was no problem- they could just fly.