The Blank Canvas

This week I started my first job for this summer, which is working as a summer student intern for my church. Today we were in charge of the whole service. This included the sermon, and the six of us decided to collaborate and do a “State of the Youth” address (like the State of the Union), trying to sketch out various aspects of where we’re at as the younger generation in the church. So Adam made a movie, Michael did artwork up front, Riley talked about taking a humble approach when trying to evangelize, Thomas wrote a poem, Ashley talked about being the body of Christ (young and old both need each other), and I talked about how being young is like being an artist in front of a blank canvas.

So I thought I’d post my talk here on the blog.

Without further ado, here it is:

Today I’m going to talk about what it’s like to be young and seeking God. Which may be redundant, I realize, because most of you have already experienced this yourselves. Once upon a time, you were young and seeking God too. Nevertheless, I do think its beneficial to talk about some of the pressures and needs that young people commonly face, for me because it will be good to think through where I’m at, and for you because it will be good to remember what it was like to be at the same place. And hopefully that remembering will help you in what you are already trying to do, which is supporting us as we go through this difficult journey of growing up.