Randomness by David Crowder
March UNITED
March UNITED from Ryan Geiger on Vimeo.
Throw Back
I found this online while looking up something from 1996 and it is the intro of the Chicago Bulls starting line-up at game 6 of the NBA finals against at that time the Seattle Super Sonics. As I listened to this a flood of memories came back like nostalgia. I remember where I was watching these games and who I was with. It’s amazing how a song, scent, a simple noise can remind you of where you were and what you were doing. I can remember the song I had on in the car to pick up a girl for a date the song on the radio for my first kiss, the song I was listening to for my first ticket (which was the day I got my license) and I can remember the song I listened to when I was told by my parents I was moving for my senior year.
Our mind is powerful and it can bring up the good and the bad. What is that smell or sound that triggers emotions from your past?
Pointless SNL Video
Andy Samberg may be the next Will Ferrell. This guy is hilarious and obviously doesn’t care what people think of him. Here is just a short funny clip that he did on a recent SNL.
Lost Generation
So much is made of this generation and how it is lost and has no direction. Isn’t that said about every generation and won’t that be said of every generation to come? Every generation thinks that there generation is better than the one that came before it and every generation feels that they had more vision and purpose than the generation that will follow. The reality is, your generation is what you make of it.
There are those who make poor choices. Those who feel that acceptance is more important than character. Those who feel that the choices they make today to be popular will not affect them later in life. Those choices do make a difference and they do affect you for the rest of your life. I am a walking testimony to poor choices and consequences that come with it. On the flip side there are those who make great choices. There are students who not only want to see change happen in their generation they want to be that catalyst for it. There are students who choose to live a life of character and sacrifice. These are not just students in the church these are students who have a heart for the hurting, broken and forgotten people of generations past.
I so strongly believe that students are not only the future but they are now and they can make a difference and they are making a difference. They are not the lost generation but if anything they are the generation who has the greatest potential to bring people together of different backgrounds, cultures and differences. They have more tools at their disposal, they have more technology at their disposal and I truly believe they are about being real and transparent and forgiving.
Have you given a teenager a chance? You may just find that you can learn from them. You may just find that they become your friend.
Check out this video of a girl of this generation who is trying to make a difference.
