Connecting with old friends

I am on Facebook as most of you know. It's a great way to keep up with old friends and family. I also use it to talk to friends now when I want to know what's going on with them.

I looked at my friend base and I don't have that many friends on it. I have 66 at last count. The break down of those friends are the following: Four friends are Pastors of those four friends, three can be counted as college friends and one church friend; Church friends: 31, or 32 counting the pastor. Relatives: 5. College friends: 15; High school friends: 7; and area friends: 4.

In Facebook I can view my friends Political Views and Religious Views. Sure we are not going to be of the same political party. Then I look at religious views, a great deal of my friends I already know that they are Christian. But it makes me sad to even see one person in my friend base who is not religous.

You remember this person as a nice person back in school. Probably one of the nicer people in fact and they are not religious! Its sad to see this. You wonder if you should express your views onto them or to let them see the light in you.

How are we to treat non religious people? Do we push our views onto them only for them to get turned off by our "religious-ness?" Or do we just be ourselves and they can accept us as we are. But what about them? Do we give up on those people and say "They will never change. What's the use in getting them to change?" How do we handle/deal with people like this?

How do we deal with "good" people who do not attend a church? If they are living in our community then we should suggest for them to come to our church. But what if they live far away from us? How do we encourage people to try out a church?

I often find myself pondering these questions. Do you have any answers for me?