Defcon 1 mentality movie#

Peter likely recalled that moment when he wrote in his first epistle: “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care.” “When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” My heart broke as I saw the worry in their eyes, the lifelessness in their face. I watched as throngs of kids passed by me and each other in the hallways scurrying to their first hour class.

Two years ago I stood just inside the front door at Stillwater Middle School. What is a Christ-follower to do in light of today’s battle against mental health, specifically of our youth? The threat level of mental health is at DEFCON 1: war has already started. This mental health crisis didn’t start with COVID-19, but the lockdown response to this virus has certainly accelerated the effects and the penetration of this crisis. Parents are telling me about their kids sinking into a milieu of nothingness, growing in apathy toward anything that matters and devoid of energy and purpose they attribute to the lack of meaningful connection to peers, teachers and others. Another said it was not uncommon to hear sniffling and crying in the staff bathrooms from teachers who had to excuse themselves from the class room in the middle of class. One teacher told me that many of his fellow elementary school teachers are on the verge of serious mental breakdowns. The response I received was not encouraging.

I was also interested in how their students were doing. Last fall, I reached out to nearly four dozen educators to ask how they are doing with the challenges of schools this year. Through my ministry with Fellowship of Christian Athletes, I have the blessing of being connected to dozens of teachers, administrators and coaches throughout the Twin Cities. We are getting battle ready to be deployed into our community fighting against evil and apathy, and for the souls of the men, women and children. Our pastors and ministry leaders are perpetually preparing you and me for mobilization. “Our recruits don’t know it, but from the moment they step onto those yellow footprints they are getting battle ready!”Īs I reflect on my experience with the Marines that week, I couldn’t help but see parallels in the church. “Everything we do in the Marine Corps is preparation for mobilization.” He went on to detail several basic Marines practices and processes showing us how they are designed to prepare every Marine for action. After the pageantry was over, the base commander addressed the educators. We were met by screaming drill instructors giving us a feel for what real recruits experience in their first taste of becoming a Marine. Five minutes later we were dropped off inside the fences at MCRD, our feet landing on top of the famous yellow footprints where every Marine recruit’s feet have started their journey. We were picked up from the San Diego airport in the same plain white bus that four dozen recruits were picked up in at the same spot several hours earlier. Largest U.S.Last February I joined 56 other youth-influencers at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot.

Defcon 1 mentality movie#

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