First #LT2012 Tuesday night service. 163 people here! Praise Jesus. (Taken with instagram)
#LT2012 - The Official Hashtag -
Follow along as LTers post pictures, quotes, and fun stories from their Colorado LT 2012 Experience.
Hey! So I’m a bad blogger. Love me some twitter tho (@ahable).
I’m out in Colorado this summer for GCM’s Leadership Training program. This is a program I went to in ‘05 and ‘07. I’m really excited to be here as staff with GCM.
Mills Lake
From my friend and co-worker @modrzeje. I read this article a while back and never wrote about it. Nick shares my thoughts almost exactly, so I’ll let him speak for me.
I read a thought provoking article today. I recommend taking the time to read it.
While I’m sure there are things to disagree with and argue on the causes of the state of young men today, it certainly was refreshing to hear a number of different options rather than an over simplified “the economy is bad” reason.
If you know me, you know I’m passionate about discipling and mentoring young men – college aged specifically – hence the college missionary thing. This is a trend we’ve seen on campus for quite awhile and it certainly has shifted more-so to the porn soaked, video game addicted side of things since I was a student some 7 years ago.
Often Amy and I talk about a number of solid young women we know – both students and graduates – who are waiting for a man to show up rather than a boy. We can get sad for these women, and I am, but my heart stays with the boys. There is a discontentment in their spirit that is hard to pin down. The guys I’ve worked with over the years know there is more out there than porn and video games, drinking and hook-ups but they’re struggling to figure out what and how to get to it.
This is one of my primary passions as I meet with young men. I want to be a man that “stands up for the weak and disempowered” (a definition the article offers for a real man). In my circles that’s often the young men. In doing so, I hope to provide an alternative path for them, one that calls them up rather than to settle.
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Prayer Update - February 2012 -
I know I haven’t been blogging lately, but check out my most recent update. I hope you’ll get a chance to see all the excitement we’ve been up to at I-Life lately.
Hey everybody,
Click the link to read my update letter for November. It was an exciting month and I’m blessed to be able to share it with you.
-Alan
I was talking to a student recently that is a Christian but really wrestles with the idea that the Gospel just isn’t fun. Being a Christian doesn’t have the spark that the party lifestyle does to many.
We decided that we need to find a way to show that the Gospel is more powerful than Grey Goose or any other type of alcohol, sexual addiction, or escape from life.
How do you show that the Gospel is powerful in your life. Or maybe a better question:
Is the Gospel powerful in your life? Is it more powerful than any other influence?
Way back in the summer, I was a counselor for a week of summer camp. There, I started to realize how much these kids were teaching me. I learned how important the generations were.
Children offer youth and vitality. They keep us young. They remind us of the scale of problems. They keep life simple. They help us to have high energy levels.
Our peers offer deep friendship. They offer commiseration. They share a common history. They are the people we’ll change our world with.
Our elders offer wisdom. They keep us young, too. They give us perspective that has been there and done that. They show us the mistakes we don’t want to make. They have so much to give.
Are you friends with people younger, your age, and older?