"If you want a naval war, you have to build ships, and if you want a culture war, you have to build a culture." -- Douglas Wilson, Same-Sex Mirage: Phantasmagoria at the Altar & Some Biblical Responses
In the last few years, my wife and I have began being very intentional about creating a culture under our roof and in our family. From lighting candles for ambiance to diffusing oils for aromatic atmosphere, from liturgical observances determining our calendars to after dinner story club becoming a family staple, we are doing things intentionally in order to make being a Van Voorst mean something.
We are working hard to create a culture, a compelling one which will go to war and provide artillery for when alternate cultures make their pitch. The goal is to cultivate such a robust, meaningful, substantive, merry culture in our home and among our family that any other would naturally suffer defeat. We are doing our best to prepare our family for war. We aren't just sitting back in resignation hoping the enemy won't fire on us, but manufacturing bullets and explosives which will do damage to opposing worldviews and cultures.
Culture wars require culture bullets.
People will have culture, it is inevitable. When cultures collide, one of them will give way. We are building a culture in our family in order to destroy those that would come against it or resist it as it spreads like yeast for the glory of our God, the good of our neighbors and the growth of our members.
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