I had this thought as I drove from the church to my house today. As I sat in the turn lane waiting for a green light I looked to my left and there was a clean cut kid sitting on the barbers chair getting primped up. Anyone looking at him would think he was a good kid. I have a feeling that if I talked to him I could probably get him to think about coming to LF pretty quickly.
As I looked to my right I saw a kid, probably the same age, wearing a black trenchcoat with half his head shaved and the rest of his head died red and pulled back in a pony tail. Everything this kid emitted said "leave me alone and I don’t want anything to do with you." If I am honest with myself, I don’t think that that LF would be attractive to this student.
Those two young men made me think of this.
How can I reach those who want darkness with a ministry that is light? I mean, it wouldn’t be authentic for me to learn a bunch of "goth" stuff or whatever… but that doesn’t mean I don’t care about students who are into that.I just don’t know the answer here, but I do know that when I look at those two students I just wonder… can I just reach them both?
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