All I want to say in this post is how heartened I have been in the last week by talking to youth who have returned from the Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth Gathering. The theme this year was Not for Sale: creation not for sale, humans not for sale, salvation not for sale.
There were more than 900 youth at this gathering and something like 750 of them were Lutheran. Who knew there were 750 Lutheran youth in Canada! That is a much more optimistic number than I expected.
But more than merely the good news that there are way more Lutheran youth than I thought… the young people I have talked to have come home motivated by their faith to talk about vital political issues – how their consumer choices affect the world, their connections to human trafficking and the exploitation of creation, God’s grace as far more incredible then the problematic cliché “Jesus saves.”
I guess I am just saying that even though it was impossible to get a babysitter last week (all the good ones were at CLAY or Edgewood!) I want more of this. If this is what we can be as a church then I am all in, and I can’t wait until my kids get to have these experiences.
There were more than 900 youth at this gathering and something like 750 of them were Lutheran. Who knew there were 750 Lutheran youth in Canada! That is a much more optimistic number than I expected.
But more than merely the good news that there are way more Lutheran youth than I thought… the young people I have talked to have come home motivated by their faith to talk about vital political issues – how their consumer choices affect the world, their connections to human trafficking and the exploitation of creation, God’s grace as far more incredible then the problematic cliché “Jesus saves.”
I guess I am just saying that even though it was impossible to get a babysitter last week (all the good ones were at CLAY or Edgewood!) I want more of this. If this is what we can be as a church then I am all in, and I can’t wait until my kids get to have these experiences.
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