connecting with a new generation
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Touching Touching TerrainsTerrains
Connecting With TheNew Generation
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Listen to the Younger Generation today…
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“Booo-ring!”
“I’m so tired”
“Can We Do Something Else?”
“I quit.”
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It’s not only at School…
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It’s also happening in the
Church
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…are like two Different Worlds
and older generation…The younger generationThe younger generation
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BridgeBridge
As Church Leaders As Church Leaders we must:we must:
thethe
WorldsWorlds……
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…we need to Touch Terrains.
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Here are a few ideas how
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Jesus is the Word of God (John 1:1), but…
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He is also the Image of the Invisible God (Col 1:15), so…
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Never leave out Images.
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…even if you have lots to Say.
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Many of us are trained to think in
Abstractions, but…
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…the ‘new’ generation loves to Participate
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Think: How can I involve their active Participation…
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……in in EverythingEverything the Church Teaches? the Church Teaches?
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Ze Cardinal Rule:
We must be a part of in their worlds!
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If you’re not connecting online, you’re not connecting.
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Use fewer One-Way Monologues
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Encourage Multi-Directional Dialogues
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Avoid Cognitive Violence!
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Whilst We Still Need
A-B-C-D Linear Thinking…
AbstractConceptualizing
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AbstractConceptualizing
… there is also a
H-T-M-L mentality
out there…
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AbstractConceptualizing
…with its own kind of Loopy Thinking
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Be Open to Spiritual and Theological Creativity
What if Steve Jobs was a Church Leader?
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Universal Absolutes are great…
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…but learn to be comfortable with
Diversity and
Multi-Vocality
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Refrain from
labelling what we
do not understand (yet)
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God’s
Surprises often come from
Unlikely Sources
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What We’re Used ToWhat We’re Used To What We Need To What We Need To Get Used To…Get Used To…
Abstract DoctrinalTeaching
Participatory Real-World Learning
Word-Based‘Messages’
-DrivenPresentations
Universal AbsoluteTRUTH
Relationally Constructed Perspectives
Linear LogicalCertainty Thinking
Multi-Loopy CreativePossibility Imagining
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“It’s about conversations, and the best communicators start as the best listeners.”
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