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hy Millennials Have Said No To Church? A Conversation with Poet/Essayist Matthew L. Thompson MFA
In today’s episode, my son Matt and I are back with another edition of Generation Gap. Can a Baby Boomer and Millennial agree on anything? Today we are tackling the question many baby boomer parents are asking, why have Millennials stopped going to church? What can a parent do to get them back in the pews.
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But, research has shown that it is not just Christian parents of millennials, Max Wiseman, a self-proclaimed nontraditional Jew writes
“ I don’t go to synagogue. This isn’t because of a millennial rejection of my “parent’s Judaism” but my generation’s longing to create and customize. While older generations feel comfortable in the wheelhouse of tradition, my generation wants to reinvent it. My parents and their synagogue friends love that their synagogue has its unique tunes and its tailored outlook on Jewish values. They also like that if they venture to another synagogue, be it in Brooklyn or Bangladesh, the tunes may be different but there is a commonality and familiarity with the prayers and the values. For me, this commonality feels confining.” Max Wiseman
Listen up elders and baby boomers if we want to bring the millennials back, we have to open the dialogue and listen to what they need, the church or the synagogue can be stalemated by tradition it has be alive and flow and meet the needs of people that make up the congregation. After all, isn’t that what Jesus did, he was a true social justice warrior
Get Your Read On!
Why Millennials Are Opting Out of Synagogue
Why Millennials Don’t Go To Church
12 Reason Millennials Are Over Church
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Matthew is a writer & filmmaker from Cleveland, Ohio living in Brooklyn, NY. Poems, essays, and his mama’s church plays brought him to writing. Also can’t discount the time he spent riffing jokes in high school math classes. Born out of Midwest existential worlds his work thinks through sanity, sex, religion, music, nostalgia. Matthew is a graduate of The New School’s writing program. You can find his things in The Seventh Wave, Racebaitr, NBCC blog, Brooklyn Magazine, Juked Poetry, and elsewhere. Matthew has performed and shown his film work across the U.S. and internationally including: Melrose Ballroom, Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe, Pratt Institute, Godsbanen Museum, and Apache Cafe. Matthew is currently a Writer-In-Residence at Teachers & Writers Magazine. Also mentoring with St. Ann’s School and Urban Word NYC. Connect with his headspace @blondemattmatt on Instagram and Twitter.
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