Especially being at Christian college. Rob Bell and Francis Chan are the big thing right now, as are the Passion conference folks and a number of Christian-rock and worship bands. And being a political conservative.

Well, I don't *dislike* most of the above…But I'm an Episcopalian in a Baptist world. I like liturgy and hymns more than the Passion Conference Worship Experience. I'd rather read CS Lewis, Chesterton, or Brennan Manning than Rob Bell or Louie Giglio. I prefer Rich Mullins and Jennifer Knapp to the David Crowder Band.

And then there's the social expectations. Yes, I'm female. Yes, I'm 26. No, I'm not engaged, nor do I intend to marry someone I meet here (the Boy is elsewhere, establishing himself in his job) or have as many babies as my body could possibly produce. No, I don't want to work with Children's Church or the nursery. No, I'm not a conservative (I'm one of the few moderate-liberals on campus, and one of even *fewer* who are women and white). No, I don't want to sit through yet another Bible study or lecture about modesty — I do dress modestly to begin with, and brothers need to take *some* responsibility for how they react to a woman's body.

Specifically, I do not pretend to like the Eldridges, Beth Moore*, John Piper, t-shirts with Christian messages, or anything that has spent a lot of time in the fad stage. I like hymns at church and progressive rock or Celtic music when I do homework. I read all kinds of fiction (not Christian romance novels), watch Pg-13 or R-rated movies as long as they do not have too much sex or violence, and don't think that "secular" is necessarily bad nor that "religious" is necessarily good.

*A friend of mine was serving in Texas after Hurricane Katrina, and was one of many who spent two weeks of 18 hour days in a kitchen to feed people who were living in a stadium. Mrs. Moore arrived once a week in a skirt suit, heels, hose, hair all done up, and spoke to the women who were staying there (her usual "believers are under the mantle of God, women under the mantle of men" kind of message). Aside from not preferring her speaking/teaching style, I tend to appreciate someone who will get their hands dirty instead of just saying pretty words.

However, I'd have to say that I do love Lewis. The Great Divorce was excellent and in a Christian-sort-of-way very trippy, but I loved it, not to mention The Screwtape Letters and The Chronicles of Narnia.

Just reading the title of this page made me laugh out loud, because I'm pretty sure that for the most part, you're right about the majority of Christians "pretending to like C.S. Lewis."

as for lewis (the topic originally) i must admit, i’m a huge fan. out of the comments i read, yes Great Divorce is awesome, but Perelandra is better. and GK Chesterton is where Lewis got all his ideas, and he’s much funnier

I dislike a lot of things that were already mentioned – The Shack, CCM, potlucks.

I hate being forced into acapella singing at group functions. Don't make me sing. Don't ask me to sing when instruments can't drown out my awful singing.