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The wheels of life?

I'm working towards my golden AK

Rhylee :)

Luke

Nick ;)

Jordan

Allegra :)

Holly

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Students where asked about any spiritual or religious experience. Most hadn’t, didn’t, or weren’t sure which meant that answers ended up being about church attendance : (

Origin and purpose

So I encouraged them to discuss the origin and purpose of life. One student shared something she had read which said something like “The meaning of life is to meaning to life.”

Not much else was shared.

Enjoy

Luke and Jordan love soccer

Circus performer in our midst

So I asked them what they enjoyed. Living life, enjoying life, making the most of life were their answers.

Nerves

Maybe they are just hesitant because I’m a minister I thought to myself. So I shared that I enjoy playing Call of Duty 4, that I’m trying to get a gold AK 47 by getting 150 head-shots in all assault rifles and that I play competitively in a Squad.

The students burst out laughing, they were so shocked that I would enjoy a computer game.

Opening

Then everyone opened up and relaxed. Some enjoy soccer, one is practising to be a circus performer, another liked hanging out with friends at the shops or city.

Purpose

And so in the end we find something of what we live for, our purpose is often defined by what we enjoy and what we look forward to enjoying.