Church camps have activities for children, of course, and Emily not only went to tie-dye, but a story time as well. My daughter-in-law described it to me. Santa Goes Green, in which Santa notices one November that the North Pole ice is melting, and so decides to save everyone by giving extra toys to children who recycle. I would have predicted that both the children's and adult activities had focused on the environment, but the grown-ups' study - and I use all three units of that advisedly - was about Wellness. I should have seen that one coming. The New Lutherans have more than one new god, after all.
I would like to be clear that I don't object to any Lutherans owning the book or being involved in Wellness, and teaching it all to their children. It's silly, but it's the current fashion, and people do lots of silly things. On their own time. But when you bring it into church, you are making a declaration that this is part of the faith as received. And these aren't. Not close.
This is where they were going decades ago, especially at camp.
