My daughter and I were searching for a ball cap for her recently. She didn’t want a rainbow on it because she likes to have her own style, and she was baffled that every piece of children’s clothing seemed to have rainbows on it. The LGBTQ Pride movement has certainly succeeded in seducing major retailers, library and community programming and even many churches into participating in their displays and educational initiatives this month.
The account of St. Paul’s address on the Areopagus in Athens, found in the 17th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, is a sort of master class in the evangelization of the culture, and anyone engaged today in that essential task should read it with care. The context for Paul’s speech is his mission to Greece, which began when he crossed over from Asia Minor to the mainland of Europe.