A Retreat

This weekend was the 8th grade retreat at Lord of Life. It went well. We used the theme "Eyes Wide Open" and focused on the scripture of the disciples on the road to Emaeus.

One piece of the program is a Q&A session called: "Ask Todd whatever you want."

Great questions...

...about creation
...about families
...about sexuality
...about sin
...about grace

Fundamentally, the root of many of the questions came down to "what if I'm not good enough."

Imagine the look of surprise on their (and some of their adult leader's) faces when I said "You're not good enough."

It has nothing to do with us. Quite simply we are not good enough. Not at all. So how do we communicate that it is God who makes us good enough.

They heard me. I'm not sure if they believe me.