Opie Doesn't Live Here Anymore

by Mueller, Walt

• ISBN13: 9780784721131
• ISBN10: 0784721130
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-01
• Publisher: Standard Pub

Summary

We may long for what we remember as a simpler existence. But the innocence of Mayberry never existed. Everything in our culture is changing. Too often, Christs followers respond by throwing up their hands in despair, withdrawing from the world, and thus forfeiting their influence. But that isnt how Jesus called us to livehe wants us to engage our culture and bring his impact on it.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Looking for Bus#119-On Youth Culture and Morals
What You See Is What I Am	p. 20
Looking for Bus #119	p. 28
Any Kid, Anywhere	p. 32
Splitsville	p. 35
Good-bye Frankie and Annette	p. 39
There's a Virus in the Air	p. 46
Confusion or Clarity? Youth Culture at the Crossroads	p. 51
On Love and Life
I Love You 12	p. 64
I Love You Just the Way You Are	p. 72
Hearing the Cry for Compassion	p. 75
Bad Makes Christmas Good	p. 81
My Dad...	p. 83
Picture Box Thoughts	p. 89
Desperate Times, Divine Measures
Again...	p. 98
What a Contrast!	p. 100
An Opportunity I Wish I Never Had	p. 101
Dancing to Despair	p. 103
Deep and Wide	p. 106
What's Going On? Reflections from 9/11	p. 108
The Millennial Moral Mess	p. 116
The World Pulled Over Our Eyes
Our Cheatin' Heart	p. 126
The Lie of Christmas	p. 132
Thoughts on the VMAs	p. 139
Life Lessons from Mr. Thome	p. 144
Whose God Is It, Anyway?	p. 146
Rethinking: How We Do Christianity
Thinking About Church...	p. 160
Lessons from Pete	p. 166
Wholly, Holy, or...Hole-ly?	p. 174
Watch What You Pray For	p. 183
Raise Your Hand!	p. 192
The Church and The Passion	p. 197
Is God Near?
Friday Was Good!	p. 206
Lessons from Johnny	p. 212
Thanks Be to God...We Were Spared!	p. 214
Mourning to Dancing	p. 219
Seasoned Vet	p. 221
About Walt Mueller	p. 227
Notes	p. 229
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