Madre's Missives

I had to take my son to the doctor today (not a huge deal, just an upper respiratory infection - just enough to make a kid miserable).  It's a Christian clinic, which is kind of nice.  They have Bibles in all the exam rooms, all the doctors there have served as missionaries, and continue to take trips now and then.  The nurses and doctors ask for prayer requests and will pray with you.  They also have a lot of cheesy Christian materials to read.

The Minnesota Christian Chronicle had a big page 1 (above the fold) article on the Revolve tour coming through the area.  The subtitle read, "Women of Faith created new teen girl conference".  Needless to say, I was curious.  So I read it.

"After a decade of conferences and reaching out and into the hearts of women devoted to Christian life, Women of Faith (WOF) is addressing a new audience: their daughters."

On and on it goes, and the closest the article ever comes to mentioning Jesus is to use the word "Christian" to refer to musicians (Christian artist, So and So...) performing and giving testimonial speeches, building Christian friendships (whatever those are).

Hoping for more information, or at least some indication of this conference mentioning Jesus, etc. I went to their website www.revolvetour.com.

Well, let's just say...I'll give a can of pop to anyone who can find Jesus mentioned twice on the website.

What is the deal with things like this?  Are these conferences as big elsewhere as they are among the Methobapticostal types I encounter here?  Has anyone actually been to one?

I am listening to Spice Up Your Life