We just got back from a fun-filled day in Frisco (that’s Texas). What did we do? Our version of “toy shopping” is to go to the library and hit the book stores.
We actually live between Denton and the Frisco area, and we hit the library book sale, the public library itself, and the Recycled Books on the square in Denton.
Later, we headed over to Frisco, and repeated the process, first the public library, then the Half Price Books. We got good stuff. Trust me.
Denton and Frisco are quite different demographically. I’d say Denton is primarily lower-middle class to lower-class folks, mostly Caucasian, but with a percentage of African-Americans and a lot of Mexican latinos. Frisco is more along the lines of upper-middle class to high class to VERY high class. (We’re talking multi-millionaire oil and business tycoons, along with a smattering of Dallas Cowboys, and a few Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars thrown in.)
Frisco is also very diverse ethnically. Just walking around Half Price Books today, I heard Spanish, French, Japanese, Hindi (or some other Indian language), and heard half a dozen other accents speaking English—everything from European, Latino, and Asian accents, to a good ol’ Texas drawl.
And most of these people don’t have Jesus on their radar. Even if they’ve heard of Him, He’s the last thing on their minds, and will quite likely remain so.
By and large, we American Christians don’t have the first clue how to reach them.
But we must try.
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