Passages
Almost 30 years ago I got on a church van with some of my closet friends ready to experience the special weekend. We were headed to one of the coolest youth events around. It was an event that was a true right of passage for any United Methodist youth in middle Tennessee. I had watched my oldest sister leave and return from this event numerous times and had awaited my turn. That Friday night as I boarded the van there was a sense of wanting to fit in.... A longing to make an impression.... A desire to be known.... I wanted to be a part of this event called Warmth n Winter. I remember the theme to this day: What's Love Got To Do With It? I remember sitting in the old lodge at Camp Cedar Crest. We were all crammed into the common space upstairs; jammed between the small hallway, open kitchen, stairwell and almost floor to ceiling windows that filled the entire side of the lodge. On the wall behind the speaker and musician (back in the day when worship consisted of a