I too, am a millenial.

It has been awhile since I've posted, but that's because I have been so busy with school and preaching

my very first sermon.

I felt inspired to speak to this article that seems to be circulating the web like wild fire. 

Dear Church: An open letter from one of those millennials you can’t figure out

Well I too am a millennial and this article kind of annoys me. Sure, we don't like gimmicks or being taken advantage of, or feeling like we are being singled out by anyone...who does? 

From the article:

• I love the theology, but I hate the expectations of pseudo piety.
• We preach faithfulness all of the time, does it take time for people to make the change?Absolutely, especially from us independent millennials. 
• Love the gospel, hate the patriotic moralism.
• We don't believe in patriotic moralism either.
• Love the Bible, hate the way it’s used.
• How do you use the Bible? We use it to gain an understanding of God.
• Love Jesus, but hate what we’ve done with him.
• We've put Jesus at the front of our lives, or at least we try to, it can be difficult sometimes.
• Love worship, but hate Jesusy entertainment.
• Don't let it be entertainment then. Enter into the time of worship as that, worship, or find another church. 

I say all of this to say that different people worship differently. It seems like this is a difficult concept for some to understand. I don't want more liturgy. I find it stifling and boring. My worship is not enhanced by call and response psalms. Choirs are beautiful and fun to perform with, but they bore me if I'm in the congregation. Let the spirit and I connect through a contemporary song, let's partake in the Lord's Supper in order to be reminded of Him, let us cheer together during baptisms, but don't confine us all to a box. 

I think we irked me most about this article is that it paints a broad brush across a group of people, and that seems like exactly what the author is tired of. Well from one millennial to another, don't count me in your group. 

Are there churches that get it wrong? Absolutely. Are there beautiful high church services? Absolutely. Are there worshipful low church services? Every week. Perhaps the change that needs to happen is in author's heart. Please don't ask my church, which preaches a sound gospel, uses contemporary worship music, and loves Jesus, to conform to your idea of church. Because if we weren't meant to be different, we might as well all still be Catholics.