Kid's Today

I always thought it was supposed to be cool to be older.  I mean I know that old geezer Pete Townsend said it wasnt cool back when he was real young.  But I thought people say, in the church especially, did not hold this view.  That they did not see themselves as superior.  But this is often not the case.

The "Cool Kids" as I once dubbed them, seem to have all the answers.  Even if that means they are the only ones smart enough to know there are no real answers.

Recently this article got linked around a lot of places.  Here is the link

http://www.umportal.org/article.asp?id=8616

and below would be my response to it.  Like many such things, it has some truth in it.  But I feel  people aren't seeing it for all it contains.  And if they are, that is even more upsetting.

How To Get Young People To Stay In The Church

Reject everything from the past as square because really, what could you learn from an elder?

Do not be different from the world, be as much the same as possible.  Conform when necessary. 

Never say you do not condone anything; that is insinuating some things are wrong.

Water down the Word so we never feel wrong; rather we prefer to feel good in and about all things.

Actually, water down the Word to the point it doesn’t really matter.  That will keep us in your church.  As long as it doesn’t much resemble a church. 

Then when we realize there is nothing new or unique about what we hear at church from anything else we ever hear, we will get bored and leave, no matter how rocking your band might be.  Because they still aren’t as rocking as bands I can buy or go see some other day or night.  But right up until that point, we will stay in your church.