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\u201cIt takes three things to attain a sense of significant being: God, a soul, and a moment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013Abraham Heschel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wild Goose is a moment\u2013a moment in North America where creativity, compassion, and community can be felt and celebrated. \u00a0\u00a0My sons are both entering their adolescence.\u00a0 Adolescence is when the veil of childhood slips away and we realize that parents are fallible, authorities lie, institutions oppress.\u00a0 My eldest son Noah is studying the war in Afghanistan.\u00a0 Yesterday in school they talked about the number of U.S. soldiers killed this past month (fifty-eight)-more than the sum of all November casualties since 2001.\u00a0 They talked about the cost of the war: 200 million dollars a day. We went around the dinner table talking about the world\u2019s situation\u2014the unceasing wars, the inequality, the continued environmental degradation.\u00a0 \u201cWe should stop watching the news,\u201d my son Joseph recommended.\u00a0 \u201cIt just makes me depressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when I told the boys about Wild Goose.\u00a0 I told them about Christians who were gathering to play music, tell stories, draw and dance and inspire one another to be signs of love and peace in the world.\u00a0 I told them about the various people who will be sharing ideas, strategies, and stories of peace-making.\u00a0 My sons, thirteen and fifteen years of age, got excited.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll drive across the U.S. \u00a0We\u2019ll do a protest in DC, then we\u2019ll go to Wild Goose.\u201d\u00a0 We took out paper and pencil and made a plan.<\/p>\n

My sons, I realize, are looking for hope.\u00a0 They\u2019re looking for people who have the vision, energy, and capacity to face the violence, inequality, and despair of the present age. My kids need one of Heschel\u2019s moments\u2013a moment when God is embodied in song, in story, in play, and acts of kindness.\u00a0 My sons need to know they aren\u2019t alone.\u00a0 They need to know there are others willing to face the fear and hurt of this world with creativity and courage. That\u2019s why I\u2019m bringing them to Wild Goose.\u00a0 You should too.<\/p>\n

Mark Yaconelli<\/strong> is co-founder and co-director of\u00a0Triptykos School of Compassion<\/a>, and\u00a0projects director of the\u00a0 Center for Engaged Compassion<\/a>. He is the\u00a0author of four books including\u00a0Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus<\/a><\/em> and\u00a0Wonder, Fear, and Longing: A Book of Prayers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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