It’s Becoming Harder for Americans to Talk About God, Study Shows, but There’s a Solution

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(Photo: The Christian Post / Samuel Smith)Hundreds of Christians march in a procession from the National City Church to the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 24, 2018 in response to racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and moral and political “crises” affecting political leadership.

It’s becoming culturally harder for Americans to talk about God, a recent study has shown. But there’s a solution.

Nearly three out of every four Christians are reluctant to talk about their faith with others but “good spiritual practices” could help them overcome their fears, according to Barna research.

In an op-ed for The New York Times on Saturday, Jonathan Merritt, a contributing writer for The Atlantic and author of the book, Learning to Speak God From Scratch: Why Sacred Words Are Vanishing — And How We Can Revive Them, highlights the lack of spiritual or religious conversations among more than three-quarters of Americans.

Citing a survey he conducted with Barna’s help, Merritt said just a mere 13 percent of practicing Christians who attend church regularly had a spiritual conversation once a week. He then pointed to a number of reasons why Americans are shying away from discussions about God or their faith.

“According to my survey, a range of internal conflicts is driving Americans…

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