Amen!! I understand what you are saying. There is a definite shift going on. We feel it and understand what you are saying. My husband and I feel often that there is this change going on and slowly people are starting to recognize it but often it seems like our young adults are pushing for it and then we as parents as we listen to what they are saying and wanting we adjust to the wisdom that is actually being spoken. My child told me she no longer wanted to be a part of a church but she preferred to go and be the church. I don't advocate for that but I understand where it is coming from. I believe my child will eventually come back to the church because she is a Christian I know that. She believes that the church is not being the church when it is operating in it's consumer model and when it seems more like a large institution and she is just a small cog in a big wheel that cannot add her own uniqueness to it since it seems to only want her to adapt to what it is. She was frustrated as a high schooler and continued to struggle as a college student. But it caused us to look at the large numbers of young adults leaving and ask why. Many of her friends who went to the same private Christian college she did have completely turned their back on religion. When we talked to them we began to understand their frustration and it often seems like members of our churches look like the rest of the world, they go after large buildings with expensive budgets and big programs and all flash and little substance. So they have changed their view of the church and instead have opted out and toward home churches and small groups. We have been a part of a small group that some in our group consider church and some don't. We know more in the CRC denomination who feel the same as we do. We are looking for the organic church, the church where there is less politics and more awakening of our hearts. Well I could go on but I won't. I appreciate what was said and how you said it. Thanks.