This is fascinating to me when you consider the crushing weight and size of the mental health crisis among our young people. Every "expert" ... every "program" (gov't or otherwise) is almost always focused downstream - fixing the problem through "treatment" of some kind, which usually includes medication.
In this event (regardless of whether it is "real" or not), we have energy that is focused upstream - addressing what is causing the problem, which is our lack of connection to a power and a moral authority that is outside of ourselves (you can call it God if you like, or a search for transcendent meaning).
Even if you're not a "believer," you should probably be hoping for more of this. History has shown that a culture that exists without this kind of connection eventually self-destructs, which is why the founders of our country - many of whom were not Christians - believed that our country would work only as long as we were a "moral and religious" people.
I'm a devout Catholic so this concept is new to me. However I don't care if it's fake or not. The message is still one that is needed. I don't care if it's not my religion. We need God, we need faith again to keep us grounded. I hope this event truly begins a transformation of our country to welcome God again, whatever form of religion or expression it may take.
Wow! A plain and simple telling of these events without a trace of the common journalistic cynicism one usually finds about them. Thank you, Olivia! Bless you!
Stories about corruption, useless government programs and hopelessness rule in today's media. I pray for revival for this nation - without God we are nothing.
Revival usually and definitionally comes after a generation dies, ie Exodus.
This means it always comes to the children of a generation that let it die. Godlessness is inherited. Revival comes out of the blue. That’s why it always comes in colleges and schools, and rarely in office buildings. Praying a generation of parents sees and doesn’t eye roll or squash it.
Covid messed up so much for young people. There is so much negativity. So much pessimism. So much fear of the future. What will happen next? Will VR and AI make them irrelevant? Will nuclear war wipe them out? Will Marxism/socialism/communism allow the government to seize all property, make them impoverished and subservient with no need to strive for anything? They are confused and hurting. They need hope. No wonder they are turning to God. Hope for the future certainly won’t come from Joe Biden or Donald Trump or the Democratic or Republican parties.
“When I notice he’s holding back tears, I ask him why. “Seeing this next generation come to life does my heart good.””
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What we really need is a revival where people awaken to the fact that life is supposed to contain suffering and that deputizing the government to end suffering results in much worse suffering.
Thank you TheFP for covering this story. If this does end up being reported in the MSM, it will be ridiculed and scorned. I appreciate the neutral, informational tone of the reporting. So many people are trying to find meaning in their lives these days and are turning to false idols (DEI, transgenderism, climate change). It is too early to tell what will come of this, but the fact that it is happening gives me hope.
When people feel compelled to come together in desperate search of connection to their higher self and to the Divine in prayer, song and gratitude, miraculous things always happen. It is our natural state of being. Religion is not required.
I think religion and spirituality are extremely important and undervalued in this day an age. But this has all the trappings of a social contagion. God only started speaking to one of the people in the story once the church was packed and it was cool? Hmmmm... Sounds like a fad, God can come to you alone praying on a mountain top. You can meet Buddha walking alone.
This is fascinating to me when you consider the crushing weight and size of the mental health crisis among our young people. Every "expert" ... every "program" (gov't or otherwise) is almost always focused downstream - fixing the problem through "treatment" of some kind, which usually includes medication.
In this event (regardless of whether it is "real" or not), we have energy that is focused upstream - addressing what is causing the problem, which is our lack of connection to a power and a moral authority that is outside of ourselves (you can call it God if you like, or a search for transcendent meaning).
Even if you're not a "believer," you should probably be hoping for more of this. History has shown that a culture that exists without this kind of connection eventually self-destructs, which is why the founders of our country - many of whom were not Christians - believed that our country would work only as long as we were a "moral and religious" people.
Peace
Thank you for this.
Seriously, thank you for not ignoring it and for reporting on it sincerely.
Thank you for sharing good news.
I'm a devout Catholic so this concept is new to me. However I don't care if it's fake or not. The message is still one that is needed. I don't care if it's not my religion. We need God, we need faith again to keep us grounded. I hope this event truly begins a transformation of our country to welcome God again, whatever form of religion or expression it may take.
Wow! A plain and simple telling of these events without a trace of the common journalistic cynicism one usually finds about them. Thank you, Olivia! Bless you!
Stories about corruption, useless government programs and hopelessness rule in today's media. I pray for revival for this nation - without God we are nothing.
Revival usually and definitionally comes after a generation dies, ie Exodus.
This means it always comes to the children of a generation that let it die. Godlessness is inherited. Revival comes out of the blue. That’s why it always comes in colleges and schools, and rarely in office buildings. Praying a generation of parents sees and doesn’t eye roll or squash it.
Covid messed up so much for young people. There is so much negativity. So much pessimism. So much fear of the future. What will happen next? Will VR and AI make them irrelevant? Will nuclear war wipe them out? Will Marxism/socialism/communism allow the government to seize all property, make them impoverished and subservient with no need to strive for anything? They are confused and hurting. They need hope. No wonder they are turning to God. Hope for the future certainly won’t come from Joe Biden or Donald Trump or the Democratic or Republican parties.
This reporting brought me to tears this morning. Tears of hope. Thank you.
Thank you for reporting on this and not overlooking it. Our country needs more faith.
“When I notice he’s holding back tears, I ask him why. “Seeing this next generation come to life does my heart good.””
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What we really need is a revival where people awaken to the fact that life is supposed to contain suffering and that deputizing the government to end suffering results in much worse suffering.
Thank you for coming to my sermon.
This is so uplifting to read, and Faith is exactly the hope modern society needs.
God bless us all.
Thank you TheFP for covering this story. If this does end up being reported in the MSM, it will be ridiculed and scorned. I appreciate the neutral, informational tone of the reporting. So many people are trying to find meaning in their lives these days and are turning to false idols (DEI, transgenderism, climate change). It is too early to tell what will come of this, but the fact that it is happening gives me hope.
When people feel compelled to come together in desperate search of connection to their higher self and to the Divine in prayer, song and gratitude, miraculous things always happen. It is our natural state of being. Religion is not required.
Praise the Lord. God is here, and He is not silent. May this catch fire all over the nation!!!
I think religion and spirituality are extremely important and undervalued in this day an age. But this has all the trappings of a social contagion. God only started speaking to one of the people in the story once the church was packed and it was cool? Hmmmm... Sounds like a fad, God can come to you alone praying on a mountain top. You can meet Buddha walking alone.
Amazing! The faux-MSM would never cover a story like this! The Free Press rocks!