Can't we find a middle ground?

I just finished up working at my church’s VBS this week. Totally exhausting, but totally fun. I felt so out of practice in ministry, though. I kind of forgot how to lead small groups, how to be energetic and serious, how to deal with the stress, or how to balance homework and regular work. I was all over the place this week.

Along with that, I ran across some interesting things:

1. One of my group (who goes to a Christian school) brought up the idea that maybe it was Jesus with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednigo in the fiery furnace…I mumbled that I didn’t expect deep theological conversations about theophanies with second graders…I don’t think they understood what I said…haha
2. Santa was brought up and a few of my kids believed in him and a few didn’t…I think I did a pretty good job of not telling the ones who believed the secret
3. Why is it that girls care about God and church and boys seem totally uninterested?
4. Even second graders have trouble accepting that God died for those who weren’t perfect and they didn’t get the concept of grace being about forgiveness and not about being good
5. I don’t think I have been so tired…ever
6. Some second graders know how to read very well and some don’t know how to read at all…that made map time really hard because some finished in two seconds and some went so slowly through all of it
7. Second graders are old enough to be serious when they need to be and yet creative and silly enough to have a lot of fun with
8. Satan was very adamantly fighting against this camp this week and I think everyone could feel it
9. I hate leaving lists without getting to a multiple of 5…grr
10. Here’s my multiple of 5…

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