How many times do we see problems between the different generations at church? I was discussing with my wife the other day at what point we would turn into “the old folks” at church that complain about everything.
Twenty-five years ago, a friend of mine made an interesting analysis. He said that the problem is basically this: you’ve got one generation that has built something. It may be flawed, but its theirs. Then you’ve got another generation that is ready for their chance to do the building. When they propose something, the older generation takes it as a criticism of what they have built. One group wants the chance to build, the other wants to protect what they have already built.
I see a lot of truth in that analysis. What do you think?