Madonna as postmodern spokesperson

Jonathan McKee dissects a recent interview with Madonna and compares her spiritual outlook with that of youth culture today:

Madonna opens up about her marriage, her kids and her faith.

Do you care?

You should. Because the kids we are trying to reach are hearing her message--directly and indirectly. The world is taking notice of her spiritual interests. But most of all, we should be interested because Madonna speaks the heart of this post modern generation--a point of view we should try to understand. It not only echoes the thoughts of many of the kids in our youth group, it influences them. I want to know these thoughts and beliefs so I can better understand the needs of today's culture and reach them with the life changing message of Jesus Christ.

Some good insights in there, some of them from the mouth of the one-time Material Girl herself. It's interesting to hear Madonna speaking out about the spiritual shallowness of contemporary culture and entertainment, given that she herself (as she acknowledges in the interview) once stood near the center of that void. Times, and people, change...

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