PARADIGM SHIFT

Welcome to the homepage of Paradigm Shift!

On this page you will find the “Paradigm Shift Youth Culture Blog.”  This blog currently has four categories:

Culture Commentary takes a look at different aspects of contemporary culture and looks at it through the lens of an educated 20-something Christian and seeks to challenge people both inside the Church and outside to Church to look at them from another perspective.

Faith in Action points to different ways that young Christians can live out their faith in today’s postmodern and relativistic culture.  Being a Christian isn’t just about going to church and reading the Bible, it’s about realizing that you are living for something much bigger than yourself.  It’s about taking a step of faith and knowing that God is there to catch you.

Reason for the Season deals with holidays and other occurrences that started out based on Biblical principles but have seemingly lost their meaning over time.

Weekly Wisdom is a year long weekly devotional written for high school and college students to help guide them through this ever changing and increasingly global culture.  This weekly installment seeks to make the truth contained in the Word of God relevant to today’s students.

This “youth culture blog” is the beginning of a series of new resources that are designed to take traditional Christian principles and bring them into a new light for a new generation.  We are living in an increasingly postmodern and globalized culture, but the church of our parents has been slow to catch on and figure out how to give us relevant guidance for our lives.  This is where the vision of Paradigm Shift was born.  We are starting with this website and will be branching out to several social networking sites in order to meet youth where they are – on the internet.

The term “paradigm shift” is defined as “a fundamental change in approach or assumptions.”  It seems that the label “Christian” has some serious negative baggage in the eyes of today’s society, particularly among my generation.  I want to see a “paradigm shift” take place among today’s youth so that they may see Christians and the Church in a new light.  I want today’s youth to look at Christianity for themselves without being swayed by any preconceived assumptions.

I hope to spur an open and honest dialogue about the relevance and value that Christianity has for my generation and to help give some insight to the age of information overload.  Contact me by leaving a comment or by emailing me at paradigmshift@rightchoicetoday.com.

Paradigm Shift is affiliated with Right Choice Today, Inc. Ministries.  Visit the “About RCTI Ministries” page above or www.rightchoicetoday.com for more information.

Our mission is to change the way people think about Christianity by taking timeless Biblical truths and connecting them to today’s postmodern and increasingly globalized society.

Our vision is to see a world where Christians and the Church have returned to their universal Biblical principles and are understood and respected by secular culture.