God sent me on a journey from the hills of West Virginia to a ,“Thin place,” located in British Columbia, Canada. This, “Thin place,” I speak of is a Younglife property called Malibu Club. Now, you may be wondering, “Why in the world does he keep calling this a thin place?” Well, let me tell you what I mean when I call Malibu a, “Thin place.” First of all, I must be clear that I did not come up with the the title of Malibu being a, “Thin place,” myself. An individual, whom I do not recall at this moment, presented the, “Thin place,” description to myself, along with all my brother and sisters in Christ who served with me at Malibu, the very night we arrived mesmerized by the beauty of God's creation. When he first called Malibu a, “Thin place,” I thought to myself, as you may have just did, “Thin place? The only thing thin around here is the air you've been breathing, because that statement makes no sense. How can a place be thin?” My questions were immediately answered as he shared with us all the reason he felt Malibu is,was, and always will be a thin place. He basically shared that he felt the distance between Malibu and heaven is a thin distance.
After spending a month up at Malibu club I must say that I agree wholeheartedly with the idea of describing it as a, “Thin place.” Therefore, I felt it would be fitting to share my expressions of what makes Malibu such a, “Thin place.”
At Malibu I found myself grabbing every rock and thinking to myself, “Our father created this with his own hands and here I am holding it in mine.” I may never find another place on this earth that will be able to bring this perspective of God's creation so near to me, so thinly separated from my view. Furthermore, Malibu is thin because it makes one feel as if heaven itself was hidden just around the next bend of water, up the nearest high-rising waterfall, over those snow capped mountains that grace us all with their sight each day, or through the rapids that brought with them the rush of a new day.
