tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post8932318035113203982..comments2024-01-29T14:24:46.852-05:00Comments on Wes Ellis: The Social Construction of Adolescencewellis68http://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-75158315340268619312011-11-16T13:01:45.706-05:002011-11-16T13:01:45.706-05:00Well said. I like that you're critical of the ...Well said. I like that you're critical of the social-construction-means-we-should-just-toss-it-away logic. We're all socially constructed and we all inhabit many different social constructions, because people are social animals. But as people concerned with discipleship to Jesus, Christians need to be considering how the gospel transforms existing social constructions. <br /><br />I think that means at least a cross-generational worshipping community. But the whole church needs to take a stake in our young people. It takes a village, and a village we have. But the church needs to step it up and become the kind of village that accompanies teens through the strange and lonely journey our culture calls adolescence. <br /><br />Which leads me to another thought. Are young people leaving the church, or has the church left young people?Cabe Matthewshttp://www.cabematthews.com/noreply@blogger.com