This Year…Silence at the End of a Talk
Over the summer I normally try to post a couple things that I learned over the previous school year. If you have anything you learned from last year that you would like to tell me about, send it my way smcgever (at) pv dot younglife dot org
One of my favorite traditions in YL is the 15 (or so) minutes of silence at camp. Think about it (and stay with me here…), we have spent countless hours getting to know kids, we got them to sign up for camp, we helped them fundraise, we navigated them dropping off the list because their work “really needs them” the week of camp, the camp has spent millions of dollars to make it an unbelievable place, the work crew are sick because they have been working too many hours, the summer staff are still trying to figure out how they can make up for the money they won’t be making during the summer, the speaker has prepared, prayed, the program is on totally spent in every way imaginable, leaders have been leading cabin times, doing one-on-ones and then all of sudden… IT ALL STOPS. No one is working. No ride at camp is happening. No leader is leading. No one is doing anything, except sitting still, looking at creation (Ps 19:1) and maybe for the first time actually listening for God’s voice in their life. It is a great irony and great victory for the kingdom that historically our most powerful moment at camp is when we don’t add anything to the process. We stop.
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