Many of my high school students have been struggling with the idea of:  I believe God exists, but I haven’t experienced God.  Some of their questions were:  How do I connect with God?  Where is God in my life?  What do I need to do in order to feel Him?  If I pray and ask Him, will He reveal Himself to me?

Some of my angry prayers/statements to God included:  Why God?  These kids think you are a flake.  God, forcefully reveal yourself to them this week!  These kids need you and they need you to drastically transform their lives and their soul so they can see your Kingdom, which is so beautiful, can you do that God?  God I don’t care how you do it, but do it–appear to these kids.

Tonight during youth group, we explored the idea of Who is God and Where is God?  I attempted to communicate that we need to release the destructive images of God while embracing the constructive images shown in Scripture. I asked and invited all students to think of one place in their personal life where they can connect with God.

In their contemplation and reflection time, I showed this visual video that encouraged them to explore how they might connect with God.