Many Christians today are wrestling with the question, Do I Stay Christian?—especially as faith and politics become more intertwined. In this blog, David Youngren explore why so many are struggling with doubt, how Brian McLaren’s book Do I Stay Christian? offers an insightful perspective, and why David wrote my book, Life Ascending, to help reimagine Jesus’ message beyond institutional religion.

Modern physics is revealing a fundamental truth long taught by Jesus and ancient spiritual traditions: oneness. Discover how quantum entanglement, the observer effect, and wave-particle duality suggest that reality is deeply interconnected—aligning with Jesus’ teachings on divine unity. Could science be rediscovering what spirituality has always known?

It was 4:20 a.m. when a faint beep cut through the silence, stirring me from sleep. The fridge door had been left slightly ajar. Rubbing my eyes, I rose from bed and navigated through the dark toward the kitchen.

The storm raged on the Sea of Galilee, tossing the boat violently as the disciples battled the wind and waves. Panic gripped them. The sea, once a source of livelihood, now threatened their very lives. In their desperation, they turned to Jesus, who lay asleep despite the chaos.

Unconditional love is the silent melody playing beneath the chaos of existence, a timeless and universal truth that unites everything in creation. It is not simply an emotion or fleeting sentiment but the essence of life itself—a boundless energy flowing through all things, animating and sustaining the universe.