It was in the Spring of 2011 that I sat in on a class given by Bev Liberman at a woman’s church retreat. The teaching was on Christian worldview.** It was like being in a well planned college lecture, with a personal touch. Bev had gone through the Centurion Program, founded by Chuck Colson. Each year the course is given to a select few students. Its aim is to teach them to navigate today’s culture with a Christian perspective; and, in turn, to teach others to do the same, thus helping to create a God-honoring culture. That goal sounded good to me; so I signed-up with www.breakpoint.com to receive daily e-mails on the various topics related to a Christian worldview.

Fast forward 2 ½ years and you will find me frustrated. Our nation is in the middle of a presidential election and neither of the platforms of the two parties are close to what I have learned is a Christian worldview. In the midst of this I’m placed in a woman’s Bible study group at church with Bev as my leader. To my surprise, she is as frustrated as I am. So we decided that over Christmas break, we would do a study offered by Breakpoint. We couldn’t get anyone else to join us and then our schedules wouldn’t mesh. So much for our plans.

Two seasons went by before we found our schedules cleared to meet. And this time others wanted to join us.

We call ourselves Women with a Christian Worldview. During the summer we will meet every other Tuesday morning. Our goal is, as stated above, to learn how to navigate today’s culture with a Christian perspective. Bev is our leader. We each have chosen specific areas of interest on which to focus and bring to the group pertinent information. My topics are family, art and literature. Breakpoint has recently changed the format of their daily articles.. Each article ends with a section called, “Next Steps”, which lists further reading material and suggested actions. This is a big help in not only furthering our knowledge of worldviews in our culture but also a help in knowing how to apply what is learned into creating a God-honoring culture.

My goal for being part of this group is that I can say that I’m no longer part of the silent majority. I hope to be emboldened to speak clearly, lovingly, winsomely and Biblically on what I believe, so that my grandchildren will know that I stood for Christ in my generation. I pray that this encourages them to do the same in theirs.

I’ll leave you with three questions about our culture that I read recently and a final question of my own:

1. What evil can not be tolerated?

2. What is broken that needs to be fixed?

3. What is good that needs to be celebrated, highlighted and protected?

4. What are you doing, or going to do, about these?

Contact Bev if you are in our area and would like to join our group or would like to have Bev speak to your group about the Christian Worldview.

beverlyliberman@gmail.com

707-290-6174

**worldview – a collection of beliefs about life and the world held by an individual or group

It is important to clarify one’s worldview because, as I was taught, we act on what we believe.