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“I wonder if Justin’s leg has continued to grow. It’d be pretty long by now.”
“Suzy prophesied that I would have a fulfilling future career in forestry. Then I moved to New York City. Was she wrong, or was I?”
“What if Kyle had actually married me when I told him that God wanted him to so that we could be missionaries together in Cuba?”
“I wonder how I looked when — slain in the spirit — I threw myself into that holy mosh pit.”
“Is God speaking to me through this guy’s dating profile? He’s French. His name is Emmanuel: God with us. I’m probably supposed to swipe right, yes?”
“Where did the tumor go?!”
“How could Ashley not translate when I was speaking in tongues: ‘I shoulda boughta Honda but I boughta Kia.’”
“I wish I still had all of those CDs that I threw in the fire at summer camp.”
“Did Chris honestly think that he could tame that snake?! (… Did he?)”
“Kayse’s tambourine was so loud.”
“Why didn’t anyone else show up when I was on my knees praying at the flagpole? Kind of rude that the janitor asked me to move…”
“‘We’re taking over the world, we’re the alien youth, we’re coming for your souls…’”
“I wonder where my dreams journal went… I wonder where my dreams went…”
“Am I on fire? Or am I just tired?”
“I hope Marcia is okay. Like, you can’t just tell a fourteen-year-old that she has a demon and then walk away.”
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This list (along with more humor, interviews, essays, and art) appears in the Holy Spirit Issue of our print magazine, now shipping!
Oh, and if you also went to such a youth group, add your own isolated thoughts in the comments section below!
I guess raising my hands wasn’t enough, now I have to kneel too!?
If that scream from the girl in “Heaven”s gates , Hell”s flames” isn’t enough to convert you, nothing will save your soul.
(Actually heard 🤪) “It’s time you guys graduated from a Daniel’s fast to ALL food.”