Intergenerational Justice Brainstorming by Natan

When you try to describe intergenerational justice, what words or concepts come to mind?

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-01-29 15:20:16 UTC

What theological stories or ideas come to mind when thinking about intergenerational justice?

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-01-29 15:23:51 UTC

What questions might your community have about intergenerational justice? What confusions could exist?

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-01-29 15:26:53 UTC

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mutuality and connectedness

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learning, growth of community, knowledge sharing

lottefrank29 — 2025-01-29 16:31:55 UTC

intergenerational justice = intergenerational learning

1st question

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respect, listening, sharing

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culture vs. call, culture as a gift or a stumbling block

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Exchange of experiences

Sustainability. Interconnection.

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Intergenerational justice

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Balance, congruency, community

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liberation theologies could help point the way: black liberation theology, feminist / ecofeminist theology, mujerista theology, Palestinian liberation theology, etc.

1st. Question

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Inclusivity. Diversity.

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Jeremiah 1:6-8

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"Let the children come to me" story

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re-occurrence of God choosing youngest siblings to be the leaders in the Hebrew Bible texts

2nd

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Jesus at the Temple when he was 12

Liberation theology

Theology of the cross

2. Question

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Mutual dependence. Ruth and Noami.

lottefrank29 — 2025-01-29 16:34:13 UTC

All of Jesus's life he fell under the youth quota.

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Universal priesthood of all believers (common responsibility for the Gospel and the Church)

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eli and samuel

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-01-29 16:35:12 UTC

Deuteronomy 34.7 - "Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone."

1 Timothy 4.12-13

Question 1

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Learning from each other, enriched by each other, a wider perspective.

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Holy Spirit, wind, Pentecost. Gifts given where the wind blows.

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Emancipation rooted in the justification

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what does this mean for old people?

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David was a young shepherd and became king and Jeremiah “Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.

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what does this mean about our traditions? why does everything have to be new?

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"Is it about structural changes in the Church?"

3rd

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The question of valuing the culture and tradition (respecting the older, masculine society)--

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Restructuring systems. How much change can our systems/traditions handle?

lottefrank29 — 2025-01-29 16:37:34 UTC

They'll wonder if this concept is solely beneficial to youth.

Question 2

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Jesus and the children. The teaching of Jesus about children as role models. The promises of God to all generations.

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imago dei, all made in the image of God

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Is having children's church and 'adult' church intergenerational justice?

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-01-29 16:39:07 UTC

"If it talks about justice it should definitely be political... (in a bad way)"

Question 3

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Aren't we already doing this/good in doing this?

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How to implement the IJP, when more and more young people leave the Church?

Bishop Kenneth:

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-01-29 16:39:46 UTC

Equal participation in defining the present and the future. Special consideration to the role of the young people. Bridging the cap between the young and the old. The young have a role in the presence and in the future

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Stop segregating our worship life/life together. How do we include all generations in worship?

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How does intergenerational justice differ from general social justice?

Young people being called

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-02-28 11:35:47 UTC

Katherine, Savanna

Generations together

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-02-28 11:36:06 UTC

Veronica, Charlotte

Theoretical/theological approaches

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-02-28 11:36:35 UTC

Filip, Rutendo

What the bible says about age

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-02-28 11:52:00 UTC

Rodny, Natan

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-02-28 12:12:04 UTC

Isaiah 46.4: God takes care of people at all ages and provides them with the experience and gifts that are needed

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-02-28 12:15:17 UTC

Age relationships in the Bible should not be understood as competing with each other, but as completing each other (just like gender relationships): we are call by God to serve as we are.

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-02-28 12:20:01 UTC

Example: David was a strong leader at a young age. And he was the least likely among his brothers to be picked to be King, not just in terms of age, but also his occupation (his brothers were soldiers, he was a shepherd).

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-02-28 12:24:32 UTC

Book of Job: people start having experience since the moment they are born.

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 07:57:53 UTC

Churches struggle with young people staying

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 08:01:03 UTC

How do you practice intergenerational justice when there is no people in the church?

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 08:05:16 UTC

We should put more emphasis in youth participation and still practice respect for the older generations and not leave them behind

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 08:34:20 UTC

Having more young people in leadership positions might endanger confessional practices and beliefs

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 08:37:35 UTC

Members of the body (of Christ)

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 08:37:45 UTC

The last should be the first

Tension

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 08:41:54 UTC

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 08:48:45 UTC

Is there intergenerational injustice?

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 08:49:24 UTC

Older people can understand what it means to be young, but young people cannot fully understand what it means to be old because they have not yet been through that stage of life

Question 1

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democracy, inclusion, responsibility, co-determination, care, listening, creativity, diversity, solidarity, value, dignity, and love

Question 1

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Solidarity, responsibility for creation, hope for the future, sustainability, attentiveness, balance of power, humility.

Question 1

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The willingness to share, to listen, to give up privileges, and to focus on our common responsibilities for God‘s creation.

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 09:03:25 UTC

A view of the future

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 09:03:41 UTC

Relation between generations

Question 1

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To create a forum where people of all generations can share their dreams, hopes, fears, and ideas freely, without having to worry about being judged for what they say or what they think. It is clear that our hopes, fears, dreams and ideas are very different, and if we are not able to express them freely, in save spaces, there is no way we are able to build trust, which is the ground for intergenerational justice.

I would like to see the church being able to create such a forum of sharing, of listening, and of trust-building.

Question 1

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Ethical obligation

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 09:05:46 UTC

Compassion for all

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 09:06:19 UTC

How do we balance the needs of current and future generations?

Question 2

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The theological view of creation is reinforced, not least through the understanding that humanity inherits the earth to borrow it for a time before passing it on to the next generation to steward.

Question 2

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The double commandment of love

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 10:41:45 UTC

Is there agism?

Question 2

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the mission to steward the earth

Question 2

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The idea of stewardship— not just about the environment—also about democracy, rights, and opportunities. We live in a time of reduction, where rights and opportunities are being taken away from people.

Question 2

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The idea that the earth being the creation of God. I am not necessarily talking about the creation stories from the book of Genesis, because those stories can become so complicated and hard to interpret, and easily misunderstood, especially because people tend to understand them literally. But just to understand that everything is created by God and we are part of God‘s creation.

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 10:46:00 UTC

Intergenerational justice it's not only about everyone having a seat at the table, but also about the way the table is constructed

kf2mt6j6hc — 2025-03-01 10:46:31 UTC

Lineage and generational connectedness is in the forefront of scripture

Question 2

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It is obvious that different generations tend to understand the climate crisis differently, and the climate anxiety becoming so common amongst the younger generations. So for older generations to understand why the younger generations are so anxious about the changing climate, they need to start listening to the worries and the fears of the younger people, and try to understand where they are coming from, without trying to „solve their prolems“!

Question 2

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Nehemiah 3: The wall is rebuilt

Question 2

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The creation narrative's use of the Hebrew words radah and kabash. It means something like having dominion for the benefit of those you have dominion over, not for your own benefit.

lottefrank29 — 2025-03-12 12:18:25 UTC

(1. Corinthian 12:26) If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it

lottefrank29 — 2025-03-12 12:36:57 UTC

After wandering through the dessert for 40 years, Moses sees the promised land yet cannot go there anymore and knows, that only the generations after him will reach it.

lottefrank29 — 2025-03-12 12:40:27 UTC

(Matthew 19:14) Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.

example of generations learning from each other
generations are equally worthy

lottefrank29 — 2025-03-12 12:45:36 UTC

Do younger generations want reparations? Are they entitled to reparations?

lottefrank29 — 2025-03-12 12:50:45 UTC

How can we create en environment where we can openly talk about our concerns and whishes and meet as equals?

lottefrank29 — 2025-03-22 15:02:42 UTC

One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. Psalm 145.4