A few years ago, while visiting my cousin in Austin, I was invited into the home of Josh Riebock and his beautiful wife Kristen.  I later became familiar with Josh’s writing’s in his incredible book “My Generation”.  I could immediately identify. I didn’t think I would, because of our minimal difference in age, but I was so wrong.  Whether you are a part of this generation or not, I believe you will find this book a resource for understanding about why the younger generations are looking for truth and the ability to find God in a real way beyond the games and politics.

Josh was kind enough to write a few thoughts about the Cushy Christianity Blog, and shared an excerpt from his book “My Generation”.  Enjoy!

Peace and Love,

Julie

 

So my wife, Kristen, has a great eye. When she tells me something is worth my attention, I give it my attention. (Unless that something is car maintenance related. Then I consider giving it my attention, and stall as long as possible before acting). Anyway, she recently introduced me to a blog called Cushy Christianity. I wandered over and resonated with it right away--with the honesty, the creativity, and with the hunger to love deeply and be Jesus. I couldn't help but feel like this space shared a bit of my heart, that it was a place I would be coming back to, that it was a place that would help me understand myself better. So yet again, Kristen was right. This place is worth my attention.

Josh Riebock

Excerpt From “My Generation”

I once heard someone say, "In order to be a part of the revolution, one must be a part of evolution." I liked that a lot, and it made sense to me. We must always be changing, evolving, & becoming the people God created us to be in order to lead the revolution of others becoming who God created them to be. But this is a place so few are willing to go. This is a place I don't often want to go.

When it comes to the idea of change, I get much more jazzed about bringing it that being it. Watching someone else become a butterfly, after years of living as a caterpillar, is a spectacular thing, but when its you becoming the butterfly you realize how painful a process it can be to leave that caterpillar life behind. Bringing change is thrilling. It makes great conversation. And best of all, it happens outside of my skeleton. Being changed is scary and it hurts. It’s sometimes humiliating and often involves failure and discovering things about myself that I'd just as soon not discover. And worst of all, it’s internal. But it’s in that place of being changed, of putting myself in God’s hands, of inviting him to work on who I am, of letting him teach me and discipline me, where my role in restoring lives originates & where it must always remain. So if I’m not up

for that, if we're not up for that, for putting and leaving our lives in God’s hands to be shaped and molded, we can invite others into our lives all we want, but it won't bring the kind of restoration God longs to bring. But for those who are willing, or want to be willing, to be continually transformed, perhaps the most powerful thing we can do for skeptical people, for my skeptical generation, is simply invite others in to see it.