Oceanskater’s Blog

I’ve returned from the Land of Christian T-Shirts, also known as a Christian music festival called SoulFest. Officially, I was there to share a ministry display booth with ReCreation, another Exodus member ministry. While there, I got to take in some great music and read a lot of T-shirts. I’ve never seen so many Christian T-shirts in my life! I think it was even worse than last year. Some of them were clever, but most were just sort of silly and some offensive.

This shirt is is my least favorite:

While I understand the message they are trying to share with it, I definitely don’t think it’s the most effective way to reach someone who is pro-choice.

Some of the shirts made me wonder if the wearer only wears the shirt at Christian gatherings, like “Satan is a freakin’ idiot”. Would they wear that to the grocery store? At a certain point, I wanted to create my own Christian T-shirt. If I did, it would say, “does you life speak as loudly as your T-shirt?” and on the back it would say, “Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18

On another topic, I got to see some cool bands. My favorites were definitely KJ-52 and John Reuben. It was really cool because they got to perform on the Main Stage, and it was packed! Unfortunately, I didn’t get any pictures of KJ-52 because I forget to bring the camera and had to have Roy bring it. But here’s John Reuben:

Why does he always have such funny looks on his face?

Chris Tomlin was also cool. Here’s a very bad picture of him (because we were so far from the stage):

I also got to have some great conversations with people. I went around to booths of other ministries and talked to people. A few wanted to hear more about what we were doing and even asked for literature. I also had some good conversations at our booth. Some were pretty random, but still good. It was a good time.

I also got to learn about some organizations that are doing great work. It was interesting because our new roommate (who is 18) was saying that she was concerned that her generation was not passionate about anything. I can see why she might be concerned about that, but I met some very passionate young people. Here are some of the organizations:

The Amazing Change (an organization with a campaign to raise awareness in the UK and US about modern-day slavery, and to help to free the 28 million modern-day slaves)

You should also plan on going to see the movie about William Wilberforce that is coming out next Spring.

Stand True (a pro-life organization)

Blood:Water Mission (an organization started by Jars of Clay with the purpose of building wells in Africa for people/communities living with HIV/AIDS)

To Write Love on Her Arms (a campaign to raise awareness about self-injury and offer hope to those who struggle)

I also need to post about our recent trip to New Orleans, but that will have to wait until later!

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