Dear Twentysomethings,

I don't blame you for leaving the church. I really don't.

When researchers report, 'About 8 million twentysomethings who were active churchgoers as teenagers . . . will no longer be particularly engaged in a church by their thirtieth birthday' (You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church, and Rethinking Faith by David Kinnaman), we should not be surprised. When I hear of the pain many of you have experienced in a church, I understand why you want to leave.