THIS WEEK’S COMMUNITY STANDOUT: BE THE WHY EVENTS

It all began one night in a musky basement bedroom with two young lads posturing and pondering a community minded events center that would enrich the community and bring people together. One Luke Erickson, was the engineer of such a noble undertaking. Luke started his community aspirations by the creation of UNITED OUTCRY—a worship oriented event that brought multiple denominations together to a single event that facilitated raising up youth and young adults in the community. Today, Luke and his wife, Brittany, proudly affirm youth in there involvement in church groups and their community, and they have now expanded their reach to a broader audience in order to facilitate even greater community involvement and to use their proceeds to support a greater swath of community minded organizations.

#BeTheWhy Events was borne of fire and rain in 2018, when Luke, along with the utterance of Brittany, decided to host a free event in their local neighborhood of Spring Lake Park, MN. They must have had 10+ bouncy houses that were turned into slip and slides because of a slight drizzle in the forecast. He also hosted a band from Toronto which made for a muddy mosh pit. It was real. It was fun. It was raw. It was real fun and raw. All were welcome. After that United Outcry went through a transformation. No longer was it simply a chance to facilitate worship gatherings. The worship gatherings have sprouted arms, legs, and feet, and it become something more. It already possessed the shield of faith, but now it was given the buckler. The measure of faith needed to persevere in close combat. Why hide in plain sight when your sight is so noble. You can ask who, where, when, what, and how, but the why comes from God’s mouth. If you can but fathom what He says about you and the plans He has for you and take up the full armor of God, maybe you then too can participate in the why.

To be clear, science and logic can only go so far. As stated earlier: the who, what, where, when, and how can be stated as logical and scientific. For example, what makes the sky blue? Scientific reasoning can explain that. It can explain green grass and leaves and all the colors of the rainbow, but can it explain why? Could it be that God wants us to experience beauty? That we are more than conqueror’s? That we are worshipers declaring victory on the frontlines in the army of God? Mr. and Mrs. Erickson invite you to be that why. Be the reason that someone gets there miracle today. Live on purpose, not just with purpose. Be more than just a follower, #BeTheWhy be a worshiper.

THE CYBER SOCIETY SCENE

It all began with a man named Tom. Tom wanted to be your friend online. He wanted you to be friends with other friends online: your friends and my friends and all the people that you would or wouldn’t meet were to be your friend(s). Tom never met Mark but Mark had envisioned many of the things that Tom envisioned. Mark partnered with many of his, IRL, friends to make his vision into a reality. They were nerds by all standards wanting to make two things: money and friends. Combine the two and you have power. Something both of them sought as well. They made a movie cataloging their story and made beautiful images of their success out of Hollywood hopefuls. They created a “Cyber Society”. A place where everyone can go and not be themselves. A place where everyone can be themselves and pay for it in personalized advertisements and grim followers as they were. A place where misinformation became the norm and conspiracy theories were proved right.

Tom was swallowed up by Mark. But Tom left his mark. An undoable mark on our psyche’s that would forever be remembered as myspace. A place where privacy went to die and was instead replaced by a cyber scene. We wanted to be cyber seen; an entire generation more concerned with going viral and becoming the next big thing. Now we dance, we cook, we fish, we watch, we compose all in step with our smattering of peace and have stopped looking for perfect peace. Perfect peace casts out fear. It is not as the world gives. The world gives us peace mixed with fear which is anxiety. The world says, “do this and that and then you will have peace.” The peace that Jesus gives however, is perfect and permanent. Do you permanent anxiety or permanent peace? I think the answer is plain, however the method is murky.

We here at breakbreads believe the more you stick together, IRL, the happier we’ll be. Which is why we highlight members of our community that help bring us together. That is why we partner with organizations and supplier who are instituted to bring us closer together in the community. Could you imagine a day or even a week or so without your phone? Think about it! All your socials, all your cameras and videos, all your autobiographies and information campaigns put to bed. Bad? Good? Great, maybe even? That is our challenge to you today. To get a landline phone, perhaps, and use your camera/video-player/GPS when only necessary. What say you? Give the cyber society a break. Maybe even break it off completely. Carry your phone on you for phone calls and GPS coordinates only and take pictures on a disposable camera instead. I know what waits for you on the other end is joy and progress. Get the perfect peace friend. Not the world gives it, but as Jesus HIMSELF GIVES!!

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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.

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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.