Snippet: An Often Overlooked Gift

Snip·pet | ˈsnipit | noun a small piece or brief extract.

This one is from Kaitlyn Schiess on the most recent (June 12) episode of The Holy Post Podcast which she co-hosts with Phil Vischer (of Veggie Tales fame) and Skye Jethani (author, speaker, pastor).

“I spent most of yesterday afternoon at a graduation party for a high school senior. And maybe a quarter of her party was friends her own age. 75% of it was families from the church. She knows how to talk to the adults. She knows how to play with the little kids. I just kept thinking, ‘What other possible community could you have where you really get to be around an intergenerational group of people.’

“And that shapes your socialization too, to not just learn how to talk to people similar to you or your age, but people who are very different from you. And I just kept thinking, ‘Wow, what a gift that she has gotten to grown up in this kind of environment.’”

I’ve had this thought so many times this time of year at graduation parties, in the “green room” between services (where students serve on the worship team), at our camps and retreats during games or meals, and in so many other places.

It makes me so happy!

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