Imagine this one. In this age of the victim mentality, American teenagers are feeling deprived of parental guidance in the matters of the spirit and faith.

Asked about a new survey showing a decline in the number of young Americans who believe in absolute values, Mark Yaconelli of San Francisco Theological Seminary replied, "The teens are not the problem -- the grownups are."

I will agree that it has always been the case that parents are the prime motivators and means of spreading a faith, but American teenagers do have ample opportunity to explore faith on their own. Of course, this doesn't mean a lot in and of itself either. Our media preaches moral relativism and scales of grey. I sometimes am amazed that anyone believes in right and wrong anymore.

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