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boomer files: financial meltdown and the crisis of mistrust
Since the average age of the Ann Arbor Vineyard is 33, I do a lot of hanging out with people half my age. Ebony, who is less than half my age, citing The Fourth Turning, told me recently that we boomers have some important work to do that her generation is depending on our doing. I think she meant in the culture at large, including the church. I’ve been feeling the same thing lately. The boomers have some work to do for the sake of their children and grand-children. Hence this first of a new blog category: the boomer files. First up: we boomers better find a way to trust the institutions that cannot work unless someone finds a way to trust them just a little. The global financial crisis tells us so.
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