Well, I just gotta say there are times I really enjoy my job...all nighters that involve cardboard sledding down really steep hills would be one of those timese! The picture above is the man, the myth, the legend himself- Mr.Will Graves. Will is a young man after my own heart
because he loves doing things that involve energy drinks and racing. The sled that you see him sitting on was constructed with blood, sweat, tears, cardboard, duct tape, and a little bit of ingenuity (there was no sweat and tears..well maybe a few tears of joy). You may be asking why are we doing this again? Essentially, we were attempting to break the current land speed record!? Actually, I'm not sure what that record is but we tried to break it! (for those concerned parents we did make everyone wear a OSHA approved helmet)
Jokingly, I tell our students that in order to have fun we have to do things that bring them to the brink of death and then we back it off just a little bit! Ha..totally kidding.
However, young people today are all about extreme games...just take a look at ESPN! This generation has seen the growth of what is now called the X-Games. This generation doesn't want to be held back by conventional wisdom when it comes to pushing the limits within sports: they want to do the extraidonaire, they want to do what's never been attempted before, they want to be the first to pull of a new and death defying trick!!
Spiritual Transition: I believe Christianity is Extreme...think about it. The infinite God becomes a man and lives for three years amongst us here on earth as a common bond servant (Phil 2:5-11). His mission? To do that which is impossible (impossible that is for a mere mortal)! Check this out: Jesus the God/Man would lovingly sacrifce himself to redeem lost humanity from the pit of Hell that we might spend eternity with him in a real place called Heaven that is beyond human comprehension!! There's nothing more radical or extreme than this Truth! My prayer is that our young people might be brought into a real relationship with the infinite personal God! How is that possible you say? Jesus makes the impossible= possible! He is the Way...
Here's a couple more psychodelic pics from our epic lock-out:
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