Michael Gungor of The Liturgists podcast has said, for those of us in the West, Christendom is the water we swim in, especially here in the United States, whether we like it or not. It infuses our history, our culture, our politics. It’s on our dollar bills and in our Pledge of Allegiance. Even if we leave Christianity, Christianity doesn’t leave us. So we might as well try to challenge it toward positive change.2
