tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26950959.post6550821274872552254..comments2023-12-19T21:40:09.707-08:00Comments on The Welcome Table: 2006 American Religion in Review: Four Areas from BarnaRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961769817864428015noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26950959.post-70509460268805085842007-02-25T19:09:00.000-08:002007-02-25T19:09:00.000-08:00The more things change, the more they stay the sam...The more things change, the more they stay the same. <BR/><BR/>To comment on just two points:<BR/><BR/>Teenagers and the supernatural -- recalling my own teenage years 50 years ago, nothing has changed at all. My friends and I did all those things back then. <BR/><BR/>Concerning holiness, 30 years ago a friend, who is now a retired Anglican bishop, wrote to me that "what we need is not more good men, but more holy men". I don't think that has changed much either. <BR/><BR/>When speaking about "trends", one should point out where things are changing, rather than constants, and it seems that this Barna fellow has lumped too many things together, and that too many of the "trends" he mentions are in fact constsnts.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.com