I don't know what youth minister needs to hear this but:

"cry night" is spiritual and emotional manipulation. stop manipulating children.

thanks for coming to my Ted talk

it's disingenuous and leads those kids into YEARS of shame trying to capture that same euphoric exhaustion high.

they can't ever catch it again bc it wasn't God, it was all the sugar and sleep deprivation. then y'all wonder why no one keeps their faiths after high school?

it cheats kids out of a genuine and authentic faith and cripples their spirituality well into adulthood, if they decide to even keep it at all.