Wednesday, September 27, 2006

I'm tired

This past summer I worked at Ironwood Christian Camp - great experience, I loved it. The first night we were there they got all the new summer staff together and divided them up into four teams and played this game called the Pygmy Gold Rush or something like that. The whole purpose of the game was to "get the gold" and we proceeded to play for the next 3 hours. At the end of the game (after our team had almost deciphered the clues and the rules [purposely left vague]) we learned that the whole game was rigged and that it was virtually impossible to win. In fact, the only way that winning was possible was for everyone to put aside their personal dreams of glory and to build alliances with the other teams - to become one giant team. This was probably the biggest lesson I learned in camp, and as I've come back home I've been continuing to try to apply that lesson to my life. And so I feel the need to vent about something -

I'm tired of people spitting on each other.

I'm tired of fundamentalists lashing out at evangelicals, I'm tired of evangelicals lashing out at fundamentalists. I'm tired of Republican vs. Democrat, liberal vs. conservative, African-American/Hispanic/Minorities vs. Whites, Al Franken vs Ann Coulter, CNN vs Fox. I'm tired of college students preaching that BJ/Maranatha/Northland/West Coast/IBC/Clearwater/Crown is the best. I'm tired of adults being satisfied with making rules instead of teaching kids whats right, I'm tired of kids actively rebelling against the rules because they disagree with them. I'm tired of having to defend Christian politicking (why in the world should Christianity EVER be political?), and I'm tired of being involved with Christian politicking.

I don't have anything original to say, or anything very profound;

I'm just tired.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great post!!!

K8y said...

well said my friend.
i echo.

Daniel Brier said...

Dude, I agree. Check out my most recent post on my new blog.

weedeater said...

Not sure if I got what you mean by Christian politics. Christianity itself may not need to be political, but that does not mean we shouldn't be involved in politics.
This country desperately needs Christian involvement in politics. If we don't get involved, those who have different values will set the path of our country and it will continue it's slide into complete moral depravity.

Slim said...

I'm tired of Al Fraken as well. Bill O'Reily calls him "Stuart Smiley." or whatever character he was on SNL. I'm tired of Bill O'Reily. And Ann Coulter. And Sean Hannity.

Know who I do love (and please don't send me the lynch mob; I find him entertaining, not correct)? Bill Maher. He's great. He's not correct in all his assesments, but at least he is funny, thats all I can ask. (and no, I don't watch the Daily Show or Colbert Report anymore)

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