Monday, March 29, 2004

Monday Musing: Summer Camp and ministry opportunities for youth

Here I am! I made it this week!!

I wanted to talk a little about Youth Ministries and opportunities like Summer Camp. I think Summer Camp is a great way for Christian youth to meet and get to share experiences with other people their age who are believers. I know that when I was considered a "youth" (was it THAT long ago?), I often felt like I was the only one like me. My other friends at school didn't necessarily believe in God, or if they did, they did not go to church. Summer Camp was a great way for me to connect with other youth who believed what I did...and what a great feeling that is! There are many Christian summer camps and teen programs across the country, and I think that no matter which one youth have the opportunity to attend, it can be a life changing experience. I know it was for me! I was saved as a summer camp called Super Summer in 1989, and still fondly recall the experiences that I had there and the wonder I felt when I truly understood God's love for me.

Did you ever have Summer Camp experiences as a youth member of your church? If so, feel free to write about them on your site and post in the comments section. If you do not have your own site, feel free to post directly to the comments section.

Monday, March 22, 2004

Struggles

So you might have noticed if you have visited here the past two Mondays that the Monday Musing did not go up as it should have. I have been struggling with this part of the blog, and I am not sure why. Even though I am posting this today later than I thought I would, I wanted to address my missing blog entries by asking those of you out there to reflect on things that you also find yourself struggling with.

For me, it is my weekly blog entry as well as my daily bible reading. In church two Sundays ago, the Pastor was talking about sin and how we choose to sin. No one makes us do it, but we alone can allow ourselves to. When I started thinking about it, I realized that I also choose to struggle with these areas of my walk with God. I don't HAVE to struggle each week with this entry, or each day with my reading, but I do because I allow myself to experience that struggle.

Do you have anything like this? Something that you want to do, or you need to do, but you find yourself unnecessarily struggling with it? What do you do to overcome it? How do you ease the struggle? Feel free to post on your own site your thoughts and then post in the comments section, or if you do not have a site, you can post directly to the comments section.

And I am going to work harder on making sure my Monday Musing gets done!

Monday, March 01, 2004

The Passion of the Christ

Today's Monday Musing is going to be quite simple.

Have you seen The Passion of the Christ movie yet?

I saw it on Saturday, and before I post my thoughts about it, I would like to invite anyone who has seen it to post their thoughts about the movie, and the impact that it had on them.

Feel free to post in the comments section so people can visit your site to see your thoughts. If you do not have your own site, you can post directly to the comments section if you wish.