Barneyisfat

I'm so physically exhausted. I'm also excited about middle school age kids next week. I am thinking about using Humpty-Dumpty for a chapel about Nehemiah. (Except, of course, Humpty will get put back together again.)

My grandparents are in town. It was quite a suprise that they actually showed up. We had a lovely Communion service, celebration, and then went out for Ice Cream. I'm meeting them for breakfast in the morning.

I'm glad to read that Bill Beatty thinks Jesus was a liberal. I had a camper (not in my group) that I started talking to. He told me about his marijuana addiction. I realized that he would have been quickly kicked out of my college, and out of most youth groups. We loved on him, and by the end of the week he decided that he needed to change his life. If we had yelled at him and condemned he would have been gone on Monday.

On Thursday before chapel we had our activities cancelled because of the rain. We had our kids sit in a circle and discuss the hardest thing they ever had to deal with. We heard the kids tell of sleeping with girlfriends, cutting, anorexia, etc. We cried and were real. It was beautiful. I believe that is what the church should be.

I'm so tired. Going to bed.