[April 2004 journal entry]
I often hear radio advertisements for a ‘Christian Radio Station’ that promotes its programming as ‘positive and upbeat’. I realize the station has benefits for many teenagers. Still, I have two reservations – (1) It is clear the station is a variation on the fundamentalist/evangelical aim to stay far removed from actual ‘face to face’ experience in/with ‘the world’ and (2) The image of ‘Jesus’ that results from a ‘positive and upbeat’ framework/intent does not align well with the ‘Jesus’ I see through a ‘non-religious’ and ‘with the world face to face’ interpretation of the Synoptic Gospels.
