Do you remember the generation gap that existed between you and your parents when you were a teenager? Do you sense the same kind of gap widening between you and your children?

When we consider the story of Joshua in his old age calling on Israel to serve the Lord, we have to factor in the reality of a generation gap. It presents a challenge for people of different generations when they try to communicate with each other. Parents who grew up in the seventies and eighties regularly have difficulty talking with their children who are growing up at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Grandparents who grew up in the fifties and sixties have an even tougher time communicating with them.

A generation gap existed between Joshua and the people when he called them to Shechem for a meeting.…