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January 1, 1997
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To find out where culture is headed, Leadership consulting editor Leith Anderson and senior associate editor Dave Goetz visited futurist Faith Popcorn. Why is the media paying more attention to religion?
The interest relates to the Anchoring Trend, which is the trend of spirituality. It's everything from wearing a little angel to burning incense to doing yoga. That's the reason Zen Buddhism and alternative religions are growing-and even more versions of the Christian religion.
To understand the culture, what sort of questions do you ask?
In my seminars, I ask people, "Are you happy?" People, in general, are not too happy. That's an especially great question for pastors, perhaps more appropriate for them than me.
Do you think the culture is giving the church or institutional religion another chance?
Yes, I do, because we're desperate. I don't talk about this much. I think there's a universal consciousness that the planet is in trouble ecologically-which I think is spiritual. The big organizations are not going to take care of it, because they're not structured for that. And they don't know where else to turn.
I do think people are really looking again for a more gentle spirituality and more understanding.
So there's an opportunity here?
You have ten years to prove yourselves. This is a great time for you, great time. Do you feel it?
THE POWER OF MERE WORDS (p. 32)
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