intersection

We went with the youth group last night to a thing called Intersection. It was held at one of the churches here in Austin and all the area youth groups get together to have one big thing. We sang, played some games, ate, and listened to the speaker.

The speaker was Jordan Shipley, a receiver for the ut football team. He certainly wasn't a good, professional speaker, but he did a good job. He talked about his faith and how he has gotten to the point where he is now. He also talked about some of the efforts that he and his roommate, Colt McCoy, make to share their faith with the rest of the team. Even if they are longhorns, it was cool to see them taking their time to come out to a youth group event and share their faith. Colt McCoy was there too, but he didn't speak to the group as a whole.

At the end of Jordan Shipley's talk he opened it up for questions. Most people were asking things like, "What is your shoe size? Who is the fastest person on the team? What is your favorite food?" At one point he pointed out someone and I heard them ask, "Where did you get that shirt?" Jordan kind of laughed and said, "Colt McCoy... I got this shirt from Colt McCoy's dresser..." Come to find out, it was Colt that asked the question. Jordan quickly added that Colt steals his clothes as well.

One of my favorite parts was when Jordan was "quoting" some scripture. Throughout his talk, he would pull out random scriptures from memory and recite them. However, at one point he was talking about how he and Colt keep each other accountable and how having an accountability partner is always a good thing to have. He then said something like, "It is like that scripture that says just as iron sharpens iron..... yeah... your friends." We got a good laugh out of it and he just kind of laughed then smiled real big... I'm sure he is used to his smile getting him out of things.

Something that he shared that was pretty cool is something that the whole team participates in. He said they have big white boards in their locker room and that every day SOMEBODY puts up a different scripture. He said different people do it each time, but there is always something up there. He said they clear it off every day, and every day there is a new one up. We thought that was pretty cool.

Anyway, I still hope the rest of their football season stinks (especially come Thanksgiving) - but I respect them for taking time out of their busy schedules to share their faith with youth groups.