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In Defense of Young Adults

My friend and peer in ministry, Julie Richardson Brown, writes a blog, Under the Ginkgo Tree.  Here is a couple of paragraphs of her latest post, In Defense of Young Adults.

In Defense of Young Adults
Julie Richardson Brown | June 28, 2012 | click here to read more.

As of late, and for a variety of reasons, I’ve had cause to hear a lot of talk about the elusive category “young adults.”  However it might be defined in other places, I’m going to define it—roughly—as ages 18-35.  It is an age bracket I know a good bit about (through study, work and experience), and one I’ve only been out of myself for a couple of years.  I don’t pretend to have all the answers, but I do know some things that I fear a large portion of our society forgets.

And the truth is—and just go ahead and protect your toes here—the truth, I believe, is that the heart of struggle lies in our failure (our—as in yours and mine) to show the way.  To point them toward what really matters, to put aside our own stuff long enough to admit that we haven’t gotten it right, and so perhaps instead of denouncing the sometimes misguided efforts of those coming behind us to leave their mark on the world, we could say, “Ok.  So, you want to change the world?  Great.  How can I help you?”