When you work with high schoolers, you have to be creative ALL the time.

Sometimes we jump straight into the deep end of conversation and life with a student.  And sometimes it takes a little bit more of a "hook" to get there.

Here's a small sample of what chapel looked like this morning.  Nate had 4 volunteers come to the front for a speed-eating pb&j contest.  The kids got into it, shoving half a sandwich into their mouth and then trying to choke the dry peanut butter down.  After a winner was announced this video was played for everyone.

Despite our lack of video skills, it definitely got the students full attention as they groaned and gagged.  And I think our son ended up being quite the little star!

But there was a point to the video besides the gross-factor.  Nate talked about how the enjoyment of eating a pb&j changed based on the perspective.  The more context the kids got, the less appealing the pb&j seemed.  He then talked about how our perspective of God changes how we relate and interact with him.  And often times our perspective is so small and narrow that we have really faulty views of who God is and how he works.  Following this our head chaplain began to talk about some of the attributes of who God really is.  

All of this is building foundational blocks and building toward the week-long Fall Spiritual Emphasis Week that will happen in early October.  The theme will be "Mythbusters," and each message will focus on a myth that people tend to believe about God that affects how excited they are about Him.