The word culture is huge and vague at the same time, and it's easy to misuse. People use culture to refer to a nebulous set of beliefs and values that surround us like the atmosphere, omnipresent and invisible. It's like the water fishes swim in: all around them, but taken for granted.

Coming out of college, my friends and I had a hunch that there is more to life than what we had been told to pursue. We knew that the world cannot afford the American dream and that the good news is that there is another dream. We looked to the early church and to the Scriptures and to the poor to find it.