Monday, October 17, 2011

Young Adults Get Together!

Open to all 18-30, single or married, from any church and those seeking some answers.  Come to the Burch house and enjoy a pre-Thanksgiving Throwdown Feast-ival on Friday, October 21 @ 7.
 RSVP by txt to 702-339-2213 and let Tamar know you're coming and she'll make sure you have directions.

Friday, February 18, 2011

nxt- young adults and social change

The Generation That's Changing the World.  That is the cover of TIME magazine.  Young people are rising up in the Middle East to demand freedoms I've know my whole life.  These uprisings are occurring in areas where 50% of the population is under 30.  Experts are saying it is the rare convergence of youth and technology that has fostered this outraged majority to organize so quickly. It's lightening in a bottle; the ideological drive of a young adult and the ability to communicate instantly.  It is a game changer

As I reflect on that, I realize that Gen X, Y, and Z had that composition in the year 2000 here in America and what kind of changes have we made in the world?  Well I guess we fueled the technology that fueled the revolutions.  But we use them in the most narcissistic and self-gratifying ways. Will America's X, Y, and Z push for real change or will we leave it sitting on a shelf with a price tag or in an e-store ready for download?

I also wonder if America will miss the boat in future years as our population ages because of all of the unborn that could've been here but aren't? Bill Gates was20 when he founded Microsoft, and Facebook was founded by a 20 year old Mark Zuckerburg that continues to push the social media wave.  MLK Jr was 24 when he led his first boycott.  Jesus was 30 when he launched his public ministry.  Have we lost a visionary we never knew?  Will we lose our yearn for paradigm altering change?

Tonight my wife and I are hosting a group of young adults in our home for dinner.  Life questions followed up with biblical answers and capped off with desert is the usual menu.  I will purpose to challenge them to apply what is happening around them to our central commands to reach, teach, and love.  Revival; no thanks.  I'll take revolutionary change. An uprising of servants committed to living the Gospel.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

My response to a "how are you doing" inquiry with a co-worker that she ecouraged me to post:

"Doing my best Indiana Jones imitation: Trying to run the gauntlet of budget cuts, while not getting squashed by the giant boulder of politics, pierced by the darts of public backlash, and trying to stay one step ahead of the collapsing floor that is my resource pool."

Not a complaint; just a narration of the action adventure that is involved with maintaining the community safety net :-)