Dr Paul Allen

By Rachel McDonald Following Jesus’s command to love our neighbour can be challenging for all of us, but Gen Z may struggle differently than other generations. One simple reason is that we don’t know our neighbours. We can order anything from Amazon instead of asking the family next door. But there’s a deeper issue than our tendency to rely on technology over people—the meaning of love has changed. While philosophers and poets have pondered the nature of love for centuries, my generation states their definition as fact: love is to accept someone, and acceptance is to never criticize who she is and what she does. Fellow Gen Zers, we can’t rely on our generation to tell us what love is. We must look to the gospel. Here are three ways the gospel teaches us to love others. 1. Let your light shine. No generation has liked being told they’re sinners, but now even disagreeing with others is often equated with hating them. If some Christian beliefs are considered toxic, if praying for someone ...