MY son's friend invited him to a Church Youth Lock-in at his Church, which ius the local Southern Baptist Church. When I picked him up in the morning when the event was closing down, he asked "Can we go to that Church?", and I was telling him that I am all for his being involved with a Church Youth Group, but told him about how I am not thrilled with the climate of most Southern Baptist Churches because of how pro-war and pro-Bush most of them have become.
He just left to go to a Youth Sunday School Class, and the rest of us will join him at the Worship Service an hour later. I am bringing "God's Politics" with me as a sort of "icon" like a cross on a chain, to ward off evil spirits. The level of nationalism that has crept into the Church, especially the Southern Baptist Church, is staggering and disturbing. But here goes.
He'll be 16 in March
May I ask, how old is your son? :)