Reaching The Generationalness In Others

How do you connect with people younger than you? That has always been a mystery in the church through the 80's and early 90's if you ask me. Case in point, I was the only Jr. Higher to show up at a Second Chapter of Acts concert. I was the only one in my senior high gym class to sport a Sandi Patti T-shirt too. Someone didn't do a good job reaching out to me. If I had only known about Geoff Moore and the Distance.

All of that aside, I knew I needed to branch out and understand the younger generation now if I was to ever reach them with the love of Jesus. So here are a few things I did:

1. I played bass in my churches summer outreach worship band. I didn't know how to play but I looked awesome. We just played a United CD over the loudspeaker so no one in the nursing home could tell the difference.

2. I wear tight pants and Toms shoes. This has drastically affected my posture and walk so I don't do this very often. I tend to walk with a sway now and when I sit down I feel like 70 percent of my body fat goes into my deltoids. I have to practice with this one. Shoes are comfortable though and I feel like I've helped an Aborigine child in Afghanistan get shoes.

3. I take Mixed Martial Arts lessons. I thought UFC stood for Undergrads For Christ till I paid for the view and got alittle David and Goliath violence. Never hurts to learn how to punch a kidney. Or maybe it does. What's so bad about a sport where a fighter gives God glory after kicking a guys nose into his brain?

4. Do the Twitter. After a week of letting everyone know leadership lessons after I leave the bathroom, I'm realizing that alot more will have to change if I'm going to use this tool effectively.

How do you love the younger generation? Maybe I should do what my friends dad did- played football and then drove us to Dairy Queen for video games and sundaes.