Let’s put a bow on the Millennials Talk Millennials series. Part way through, we gave you a “Highlights – Part 1.” Now, we’ll pair that with a Highlights from Part 2. These two posts work nicely as something to read together and discuss.
Regarding the challenges and identity millennials:
From Charles Williams (Charles’s full post)
By contrast, identity politics lets millennials answer the question (‘Who am I?’), much like attending an all-you-can-eat buffet. Here you can cherry-pick evolutionary theory, age, race, gender, sexual impulses, income, education, and even geographical locale as basic condiments to construct your own personalized persona. For sure, prior generations allowed other factors to determine one’s own identity, too, such as nationalism, political ideology, and family ties. These are not all bad things – some are quite good things. But the current climate has sought to untether the question of human identity from its created and historical moorings, such that many are living in self-deluded dream worlds.
And from Dan Adams (Dan’s full post)
Many millennials I work with struggle with a fear of missing out on everything life has to offer them. Because they have the ability to see all of the options of what life could be, many feel unable to make a decision about what is good and right for them. No longer do you just have the choice between mustard or mayo, but now you have to chose between chipotle-ranch, french dijon, sriracha ketchup, smokey mountain bbq, and that extends to just about everything. As one popular speaker, Jordan Peterson, has noted, freedom and choice do not lead to meaning, and ironically, to buy into that myth leads you into being crippled into indecision.
And from Mike Myers (Mike’s full post)
Some practical suggestions in concrete areas of ministry & outreach:
From Mike Myers (Mike’s full post)
And from Charles Williams (Charles’s full post)
And from Dan Adams (Dan’s full post)