People on spiritual journeys both in and out of the church have lost the memory of an authentic Christianity that understands and contributes to culture without being consumed by it.  Award-winning broadcaster Dick Staub explains that for today’s Christian, the path to spiritual life and cultural influence lies in rediscovering Jesus and his call into the world.  Jesus was a loving, transforming presence who called his disciples to follow him in a rigorous life that fully engaged mind, body, heart, and soul. The task of today’s Christians is to become people of deep faith while simultaneously going deeper in culture, engaging with mind, body, heart, and soul. 

Staub forges a path for readers to find nourishment from a deeper well, and be serious about faith, yet savvy about their roles as creators of, counters to, and communicators in culture.  While such followers of Jesus are committed to creating and enjoying culture, they play the role of “resident aliens,” very much a part of the world, but strangers and outsiders at the same time. They seek to imitate the Apostle Paul whose knowledge of popular pagan poetry allowed him to converse with biblically illiterate people, becoming an ambassador to the Greeks at Mars Hill.  The Culturally Savvy Christian helps readers develop a vibrant spiritual wholeness through thoughtful and critical engagement with the culture around them.