Who is my brother, my sister, my child?
According to Jesus, every person is his brother or his sister, and how they are treated matters to him. “Whatever you did for the least of these my brothers and sisters you did for me.” (Mt 25:40) The implications of this are staggering. Consider the parent, the one...
Young Adults in the Church
Earlier this week I got the chance to catch up with a colleague and friend of mine. Steve Argue recently published a book about emerging adults and their church experiences in ministry (check out some of his work here) and as we talked, I was struck by the changes occurring in the way we talk about young adults and the church. Here’s what I appreciated about the changes in those conversations.
You want to understand Millennials?
You want to understand Millennials and Gen Z? Recently, two articles jumped out at me. One by Farhad Manjoo, “Corporate America Chases the Mythical Millennial,” and the other by David Brooks, “Inside Student Radicalism.” Brooks compared the incessant rush for...