Pan Day!

How do you know who wins? What's the point? To beat the snot out of each other?

Pan Day is an old Montreat College tradition. Few people remember how it really started, but at some point a couple students decided to reenact the battle for Neverland from "Hook," the movie. Sides were chosen, and Lost Boys and Indians joined together to pummel the pirates into the dust. The event grew, and now, Pan Day occurs every spring on the Dust Bowl down the road. We get to dress up in costumes, go to class with swords and scare the adjuncts, and then whomp the tar out of each other at the battle that afternoon.

So who does win? I really don't know. I was just in the Pan Day battle yesterday, and I'm still not sure. Though Peter Pan did kill Hook, so maybe us Lost Boys won.

The point of Pan Day is really to blow off steam. It's an excellent way to let out those end-of-the-year, oh-my-gosh-finals-are-next-week-and-I'm-incredibly-stressed feelings that build up over the last few weeks of the semester. Pan Day gets us outside, away from the technology and emails constantly reminding us what's next in our busy schedules.

When Jesus was tired, he'd take a break in the wilderness and pray to his Father. Refreshed, he'd return to the towns and feed thousands of people, heal the sick, and catch oodles of fish. The wilderness is important. Even Jesus left his schedule behind sometimes. We learned a valuable lesson from this. We took a break for Pan Day, and now that we've returned, we're ready to stand up tall and face the giants ahead of us. Sometimes, the best way to integrate faith, learning, and technology is to take a break.

The Lost Boys!









The Pirates. Grrr....