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May 8, 2012
This week at The Lutheran:
Idealism and realism
Greetings!
This week's e-newsletter comes from Matthew E. Bolz-Weber, pastor of Holy Love Lutheran Church, Aurora, Colo. As many of us celebrate the college graduations of friends and family members (or even prepare for our own), Bolz-Weber writes about why we need these students (and recent graduates). A version of this reflection originally appeared on his blog (http://hikerrev.blogspot.com/).
Idealism and realism
By Matthew Bolz-Weber
We need college students. They are important to our society. Sure, we need them because in future years they will be taking on the role of leading and managing our society. But we need them now before they take on a significant role in leadership, social infrastructure and the economy, as they will in the future.
Here's why we need them now. We need their (I know it's cliché) youthful idealism. Society needs their extreme opinions, their firmly held positions on the so-called right and on the so-called left. We need them to be isolated, to some degree, in the university. We need them to be financially, socially and philosophically isolated. See, when they're isolated they can view and talk about the world idealistically (instead of realistically). They're able to push the boundaries and call themselves and others to radical stances and actions.
We need these calls from the edges, these opinions from the margins. They keep the rest of us honest. They remind us that what we've come to expect, and what we experience as normal, might not be right.
Continue reading this article ...
This week's front page features
A spiritual home:
Chinese Lutheran Church is opening the Bible to migrant workers in London. (Photo at right.)
Giving money away:
Colorado teenagers manage a grant program.
1 in 3 is harmed by domestic abuse:
How churches can create a point of grace.
Graduation refreshments:
Congregation celebrates participants' completion of drug-court program.
Holy Spirit:
God's gracious presence in our midst, ever available, for everyone.
Read these articles at our front page ...
On our blogs
Bob Sitze (right) is our "Simple enough" blogger. This week he writes about appreciating others.
Read his blog ...
Jayne M. Thompson, pastor of University Lutheran Church of the Epiphany, St. Cloud, Minn., is our campus ministry blogger. This week she writes about the challenges of engaging young adults.
Read her blog ...
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