Some nights seem easy. Last week seemed easy. Everything just fell into place. The students worshiped and responded well to the lesson. Tonight felt hard. That's not necessarily bad. The lesson was challenging. I told the students we needed to grow deeper. I told them we are generally a shallow youth group. It was a hard message to hear and hard to say. Some weeks I can easily read the group. Last week I could tell everyone connected. Tonight, I really didn't get a clear sense of how well the group connected. They didn't seem to connect with the music very well. The were also pretty quite during the lesson. I felt good about it going in and I believe the truth in the lesson was right on. I hope I wasn't too negative. I want to challenge them, but I don't have any desire to beat them down. I would love to hear some comments about the night.
One thing I am really enjoying about this year is hanging out with the students on Wednesday afternoon. I didn't do that last year. I mostly stayed in my office. I'm having a blast getting out of my office and just being with them. Tonight I lost to Travis in ping-pong and Jennifer in foosball. I was not faring well until I redeemed myself by beating Travis in Madden (certainly the video game upset of the century).
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