A Time for Everything

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (ESV)

OK, let's try this again.

Has it really been since February, 2013 that I've blogged?  Perhaps I should rename this site the "Blob Blogger" since I've been so lazy about it, but if Solomon saw the wisdom in seasonality, who am I to argue?

Time to get serious again.  Yep, serious starting.... now.

Well, last week was my now annual rite of Illinois Super Summer, a week long discipleship camp for teenagers.  To say that this week has been and was again a blessing is an understatement, one which would imply that a single word (and an overused one at that) could define the joy that comes from watching the next generation of Church leaders grow nearer to the Lord.

(For student and staff reactions, click here).

Starting small, I won't go into a great deal of the week, but you know it's gonna be a great time when on the very first night a student from your own Youth Group gives her life to Christ, and another student from your group asks to be baptized.  In between, nothing spectacular like those events, just deep discussions, light bulbs going "on," tear-filled worship, and an overall excited buzz for what might happen in the coming weeks.

If you would, please be in prayer for at least one student plan that was hatched last week.  I can't go into detail yet, but if this plan gets off the ground I believe it could have a HUGE impact on the teenagers in this area. 

Maybe this is how Jesus will act in this generation!