Teens will be teens. If you gather enough of their hormone-infested little bodies in one place and get them all excited, it really doesn't matter what you're using to excite them - G-d, drugs, rock-n-roll, Ron Paul, Harry Potter - the bottom line is that they get excited. Adults have an annoying tendency to forget that when they were fifteen "getting excited" about just about anything also meant "getting wood".

So, yeah, even at the "healthiest" Christ-fest you could possibly imagine, there will be lots of teens doing what teens think their hormones want them to do most. Freaking DUH.

Anyone who thinks otherwise either has a completely polluted memory of their teen years or was real busy trying to subvert homosexual urges. You know who you are.

Oh, speaking of which, would the author of this blog PLEASE get rid of the "Gay Flesh Eating Happy Vampires from Fire Island" head shot already???? It's honestly giving me nightmares.

The annual Creation festival has grown steadily in 30 years after it's start at Muddy Run in 1979. Amy Grant was about 18 when she headlined the first Creation which was call Jesus Fest (?) initially. The night she was singing a bad thunderstorm hit Muddy Run causing a massive power outage.

Somewhere came boxes of small stick candles. Those candles were handed out to everyone attending. Thus began the first Candle Ceremony at Creation, a tradition that occurs every year on Creation Friday. It is truly beautiful to see a darkened hillside alight with millions of candle tapers while everyone sings a worship song in unison.

I haven't been to a Creation festival since 1998 but have fond memories of the three times that I have gone, including one year at Hershey.

Would your reaction to the picture be the same if it was a picture of kids at a secular concert?

To me, the kids look like normal teens and young adults enjoying a music festival. the one kid on the far right looks like he might have a touch of heat exhaustion, but otherwise, they look like normal kids.

Rural: I believe that citydweller is referring to the photo of the author of the article.

Hey, I was at the Hershey one also, it was a totally great time. The kids in our youth group camped out on our floors each night, we set up the tents, but only one or two used them!(air conditioning )
The food we had in coolers intended for Muddy Run could be put back into our refridgerators, Yes! I hate living out of an ice box! I don't know if I thanked God enough that they had a change of venue that year. We were to be the head cook and bottle washers for 20+kids out there, with no stove, no bottles and no washers & under those conditions, I am not a cook!!
The kids though don't seem to mind where it's at. Not when the music's thumping and the kids are jumping. The preaching's good and the mosh pit is moshing w/ few injuries!
My husband, a die hard Southern Gospel 4 part harmony fan, enjoyed most of what he attended, even the heavy metal, okay, I'm exaggerating there!!
You know the saying "Don't knock it until you've tried it!"