When the Novelty Wears Off Part 1

One of the things about letting the christian seasons guide how you follow Jesus is that often you have to walk through seasons you would never walk through if it was left up to you. The season of Lent is the perfect example.

For many of our youth this Lent is one of the first experiences they have in really getting into a season other than Advent or Christmas and letting it shape their worship of and walk w/ God.

I've been really proud of them. Many of them have been really creative and thoughtful in what they have decided to "give up" or "take on" during this season, they have also been really open to the way we have slowed down our time of worship on Wed. nights.

But here we are not even 1/2 way through the season and this week at the HUB I could sense that, for some, the novelty of this way of following Jesus was wearing off. And so a couple of thoughts on what to do when the novelty wears off...