True Colors

Tonight we are going to make some space explore the creativity of prayer. It might not sound too scary a thought but to be honest I'm a little terrified. The vast majority of young people we work with have no church background, they don't sing outloud, and they certainly don't pray in front of people. Thursday night dinners, may be one of the few times they are exposed to prayer.

This isn't the first time we've had a prayer as a part of our group. There have been moments of spontaneous prayer--we even saw a young lady's fractured vertebrae healed when we prayed for her. We've planned nights of prayer before so I shouldn't be nervous and yet I am.

It's not that I'm ashamed of showing my true colors. It's that we are very much in the business of crossing cultures. As we introduce these young people to new things or chose to take them a little deeper, there is always the lingering questions: Will God show up tonight? Will anybody come? Is it too much or too fast? Will they understand it? Will they appreciate it?

On the other hand there is an anticipation factor. What's God gonna do tonight? I guess we will see : )