Burned-out church worker Lily walked out of traditional Christian ministry, into yoga, and onto the “playa,” the desert nickname given to Black Rock City, a temporary gathering of 70,000 people in the rural Nevada desert. At Burning Man, Lily still talks about Jesus, but in an unorthodox way.
While The New American’s crew led by Alex Newman was on the ground investigating the event, Lily told Newman how COVID and pride pulled her out of youth ministry and onto a two-year trek from Mexico to Colombia. At a hostel she overcame her fear that yoga was “an entry point for demons,” then said she felt the presence of Jesus in the class. From there, she’s found herself attending Burning Man to share Christ with fellow “Burners.”
Her method is translation and not hostile confrontation. In a tent for the camp called “Sozo Experience,” she leads “sparkly stretching,” speaking of sons and daughters of the King in “non-churchy” language.
She is blunt about the reality of Burning Man, calling it a pagan festival. But she says for some Christians, it is a fertile field to share the truth.
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