Culture is obsessed with fads. We are obsessed with being a part of the “in” thing, even though in five years it will be forgotten, filthy towels on the garage floor. It is a habit we adopt sometime around middle school, when we become aware of our worth, and we spend the rest of our lives trying to keep up, to wear the right plumage no matter how ridiculous it may seem. And all the while, Innocence stands in the corner shouting, “the emperor has no clothes!”
It is no different in the Christian community.
