{"id":4820,"date":"2009-04-20T14:53:16","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T14:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/young-life.html"},"modified":"2009-04-20T14:53:16","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T14:53:16","slug":"young-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/young-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Young Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YoungLife.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/YoungLife.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px;float: right\" height=\"163\" width=\"230\" \/><\/span>Last Saturday I got up early and drove down to Naperville to speak at a <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.younglife.org\/sites\/chicago\/default.aspx\">Young Life<\/a> event. I had prepared myself for a variety of talks since I wasn&#8217;t quite sure how Young Life leaders would respond to a 9am session. After listening to the leaders (Bob Davidson and Gail Ebersole)&#8230; I adapted a question I used recently about spiritual formation: <\/p>\n<p>Do we stop in our formation at a glowing light bulb or do we let the light bulb morph into a cup of cold water?<\/p>\n<p>Then I wanted to challenge the Young Life leaders to think about why Jesus came and marched through Luke to Acts 2 to show that one way of putting this all together is to see that Jesus&#8217; mission was kingdom formation in local communities. The church is the embodiment of the kingdom today, and that means the church is at the center of God&#8217;s redemptive work in the world today.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to leaders like this is an honor; there is so much good going on through Young Life, and leaders like Bob and Gail are shaping young leaders in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>Friends &#8230; the future of the church is our youth; the future of our youth is being guided by leaders like those in Young Life. Pray for them and support them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday I got up early and drove down to Naperville to speak at a Young Life event. I had prepared myself for a variety of talks since I wasn&#8217;t quite sure how Young Life leaders would respond to a 9am session. 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