we disconnect from the next generation when

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Slides used for my plenary talk at the 2014 Annual Gathering of the Association of Presbyterian Church Educator held in San Jose, CA.

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We disconnect from the next generation when...

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disconnected

we disconnect from the next generation when we

take ourselves too seriously#getoffmylawn#kidstheseday

#godlaughsatourplans

2Saturday, February 1, 2014

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disconnected

we disconnect from the next generation when we

invite so that we avoid death rather than

welcome in order to know new life

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disconnected

we disconnect from the next generation when we

festishize and romanticize their existence rather than

seek a nuanced understanding of their

reality

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we disconnect from the next generation when we

assume and demand authority because of

longevity and credentials

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disconnected

we disconnect from the next generation when we

withhold wisdom and insight gleaned from

meaningful life experience

6Saturday, February 1, 2014

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disconnected

we disconnect from the next generation when we are become obnoxiously

and painfully unteachable

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disconnected

we disconnect from the next generation when we

set them up to fail and hang them out to dry

8Saturday, February 1, 2014

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we disconnect from the next generation when we create institutional chaos

in order to exercise calcified strategies that

reaffirm our places power

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9Saturday, February 1, 2014

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we disconnect from the next generation when we

forget how to articulate our beautifully complex

faith in Jesus Christ

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disconnected

we disconnect from the next generation when we fail to uphold the ideals,

convictions and faith that we seek to pass on

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