The Problem: A Social Dis-ease

If the family is the fabric of society, some say our fabric is wearing thin. If families are the cells in the body of a culture, some say that our body is under attack; or at least, in a state of social and ethical dis-ease. It doesn’t take an expert to see why. Parents are over-stressed, over-committed and under-communicating when it comes to transmitting faith and values. They have little or no regularly scheduled time set aside to talk about things that really matter with their children. An entire generation is being raised by electronic baby-sitters. Children are bombarded by a myriad of messages, many of them violent and negative. They know millions of stories, but they do not know their own parents’ stories. 

At this same moment when our children need the gifts of time, attention, and wisdom the most, the elders of our society are increasingly segregated from them. The Builders who weathered the Great Depression and WWII are dying off. Are we soon to face a values vacuum? If so, who will step in to fill this void? Mainline churches are withering. Social programs are constantly being down-sized even as our cultural problems are being super-sized. The vehicles that have provided the foundation of faith and values in

America

since the Pilgrims landed are losing their social significance, membership and cultural clout.

If the body (society) can be no healthier than its cells, we must find new and effective ways to bring health directly to the cells.


We have just formed the Faith Inkubators Foundation, a 501C-3, and will soon be welcoming thoughts, plans, and action strategies to do just that. Keep watching.