The internet is a funny medium. A long time ago in internet time, 7 months, I wrote an article called "I Kissed Retreats Goodbye." It wasn’t really controversial at all and it was not warmly received. In fact… for all the work I put into my end of the debate we got squat out of it.
Then around Christmas I started getting random email messages about the article. Rarely on my blog do I get comments from posts more than a few days old. To get email from something 7 months old is unheard of.
The first several responses were hate-filled. Scathing reviews quoting Scripture out of context. Then I found out that the Christian Camping Association was responsible for sending my article to hundreds of people with the title "Anti-camping opinions emerging." Ahhh! Anti-camping? Man… all the article was about was my own personal story as well as asking youth pastors to do retreats because they work and not simply because they like them. It’s not like I think all camps should be turned into golf courses or anything. OK, that’s a pretty good idea… but I’m a golfer.
Long story short. I reopened the debate on YMX and invited any camp directors to respond to the article in a form I can publish on the site. We’ll see what happens.
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