For those who don’t know, 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) is a 4 person band. I quickly learned that 5SOS is pretty great, especially their music. I didn’t want to go and not know any songs whatsoever. Throughout the weeks leading up to the concert I was busy studying their music. It was an incredibly impromptu decision, but honestly? That made it so much better. My friend, the one who convinced me to go with her, she asked me to go about two weeks before the actual concert. For example, I’d only ever heard a few 5SOS songs before I hadn’t been listening to them for a year, much less a decade. Some things were more accurate than others. Tuesday, we planned on going to the Grand Canyon extremely early, which meant taking it easy for the rest of the day so we could handle getting up. The rest of the day was mostly dedicated to wandering around downtown yet again. Carolyn, her roommate, Molly, and I all went out for coffee and stopped by Fractured Prune for some of the most delicious donuts.

Dutch Bros Coffee, which I had never been to, was donating all profits towards the Second Chance animal shelter. Monday started, as did most of our days, with a stop for our caffeine fix. It was so hot and bright out but it was still cool to get to see, even with all the little tourist shops. Since it was still pretty early in the day, we decided to go to Sedona, where we had planned to go, but didn't have time to, when I was here in January. It's located in the mountains, all the restaurants we visited were good, and there were lots of places to amble. It doesn't take long to fall in love with Flagstaff, at least for me. Our second day, we went to downtown Flagstaff and wandered around all of the stores. We are the outsiders who just keep our mouths shut and just live a life of faith with the hope that no one questions them. There are all these studies out that our generation is leaving the church, and in all reality it is because we are being shamed for staying. We have people who tell us that we are crazy for still being a part of the church or for still believing in a God because, of course, science or something else has proven otherwise. We are seen as uneducated, overbearing, brainwashed children who somehow still have a faith in this world of hate. We are confused with the Christian taint that comes with our love for God. The millennial Bible Thumper is confused. We are rich, closed minded, uber-conservative Bible Thumpers, but rather people who focus on spirituality with one's relationship with God versus the politics and biblical text. I am not going to deny that there are people out there like that, but please let me introduce to you the Millennial Bible Thumpers. Like I stated above, a Bible Thumper by (Urban Dictionary) definition is a Christian wacko who believes their life must be based off the Bible, and the rest of the world needs to also.

I am here to encourage a dialogue among all of you that provokes a question of a life filled with any faith. I am not here to preach to you about how my God is great (even though He is).

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