Survivor
So, in the summer I went to Soul Survivor
It was fun
Did you go?
Was it good?
Did you have fun?
Did you enjoy singing songs to God?
I liked the “whoa” song, it was good because it wasn’t rubbish and it felt like a football song and I (being a rubbish singer) can sing football songs because there is no talent required
I liked Ali Martin (think that’s her name)’s talk about putting defences up around your heart in order to protect yourself from getting hurt and why that’s understandable but maybe not helpful or good long term
I did not like J John’s talk…yes it was the gospel and I love the gospel but it wasn’t funny yet he was trying desperately to be hilarious, it was chichéd in it’s delivery, it used stupid sayings like where he just said a sentence but then swapped it around a bit to illustrate his point, a real example being “a missionary isn’t someone who crosses the sea, a missionary is someone who see’s the cross” get it? Lame huh?! A fake example is “a cup isn’t for drinking tea, a tea is for cupping drink” see how stupid they are?! Also, I think that whilst the seriousness of the gospel message is vitally important, I think coming across where it looks like you are forcing people to make a commitment to Jesus is outrageously bad. Just my opinion, I’m sure he’s a lovely godly chap and he’s probably right and I’m wrong but hey, if a blog isn’t a place to share a wrong opinion where can you?! 
I did like the sung worship times, I think Ben Cantelon plays songs pretty well
I had some wicked chats with young people about the “ministry” times and being freaked out and stuff
Was impressed by how hospitable and caring some people can be, challenged to be more so, do you reckon you’re hospitable enough?
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Yes I did go, yes it was good, yes it was fun, yes I did enjoying songs to God.
I didn’t enjoy the ‘whoa’ song - for kinda the same reason as you did like it! It reminded me of football, but not any nice bits of football, it reminded of when apposing fans are singing thier songs at each other, which stirs up in me feelings of hatred, which is not something that makes me feel like wanting to worship God, or be in a place where I feel I can worship God. I think this may be something I have to work through! I did find it hard to fit the words to the tune as well.
I also thought Ali Martin’s was really good. Hard to live out, but I’m trying to!
I didn’t have the pleasure of hearing J John’s gospel talk so can’t comment on it, but I will leave you with this thought - do you think that his friends call him J John, or just ‘J’ or maybe ‘John’ and just what does the J stand for?