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This is a brilliant exposition, and helps me think about the power of intergenerational thinking as I work with a group of men here in Britain (I'm 8th generation American by birth). Our desire is to disciple the church here, which coulddio so much more to empower its men.It's fascinating how God works through every corner of His body; that a stand-alone church in Appalachia can feed me here in London. Thanks, Michael.

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Praise the Lord!

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This is still the norm in much of the world. Even non-Christian cultures understand the importance of intergenerationalism, although they may have a distorted view of it, through ancestor worship or whatever.

But we have so lost sight of this in America that we had a sort of crazy example here some years back. Sugar Land (suburban Houston) is over a third immigrants, especially Asian. There was a wealthy Taiwanese businessman who had to come to Houston's Medical Center for a heart condition. He decided to build a house in one of Sugar Land's nicest neighborhoods.

But the planning and zoning folks rejected the application, on the grounds he was building multifamily housing! They didn't understand that he had to have a couple of additional living areas in the mansion with separate kitchens for his parents and his wife's parents. This was a house that would have cost several million dollars to build.

Anyway, he tired of Sugar Land, moved down Highway 6 about 10 miles, bought a huge tract and built a whole neighborhood, Sienna, full of big homes. It's both a sad and a funny story, but also an object lesson in how we in the West are thinking way too small these days.

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I’ll be straightforward. I disagree with you often. You nailed this. Well said brother. Grace & peace to your generations.

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