Archive for November, 2008
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!
(Be nice, be happy and help with the dishes!)
Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Throw the flag - it’s most definitely a penalty - at the minimum unsportsmanlike conduct.
The preaching calendar worked out as such that I will be speaking about fasting on the Sunday after thanksgiving.
It could have been worse - it could have been the Sunday before thanksgiving.
Now people can look back in regret instead of looking [...]
A Good Day
Relaxed.
No rush.
Seeing all the changes in a familiar city.
Catching up with loved ones.
Comfort food.
Even more comfortable conversation (including the airing of grievances as the festivus tradition demands).
Funny stories - really funny stories.
An energetic pug (and the boy insists that I mention a cat named Conan).
And speaking of the boy . . . smiles and laughter.
All [...]
Jesus Teaches About Prayer
Here’s my outline (message notes) from Sunday. Like the teaching on giving, this teaching focuses on prayer as a good thing we pursue for the benefit of a spiritually disciplined life.
Jesus Teaches About Prayer
Matthew 6:5-15
FAMILIAR GROUND
What Jesus said about GIVING, he also says about PRAYER.
Matthew 6:1 (NCV) “Be careful! When you do good things, don’t [...]
First Impression
It seems that I spent too much time with Greg a week or so ago and some of the Greg DNA is still in my body.
Why is that you ask?
I accepted my first sub assignment today.
Got dressed (even put a tie on that I won’t ever wear again), grabbed my super-sub pack and headed out [...]
Would You Rather?
It’s official. I’m now certified (tell us something we didn’t know!) to substitute teach in three area school districts.
I knew from the experience of others that there is a demand for substitute teachers. I did not know how great was the demand.
The nice lady from one district called to congratulate me and explained to me [...]
Off-Beat Carols
The fellas in the praise band decided to practice on a regular basis and play once a month.
As these things go it should get easier to play together the more we play together.
Our next attempt at musicality will be December 21st with a tour through the Christmas numbers.
We’re looking for off-beat (but not that off-beat) [...]
Jesus Teaches About Giving
Here is my outline (and the basis for the message notes) from yesterday’s message.
It’s important to remember that this teaching on Jesus (and the thrust of my message) was not aimed at the weekly offering.
The teaching of Jesus and the thrust of my message was focused on Christ followers living lives of generosity (the way [...]
Roadies
I caught the red eye to D.C. this past Sunday night to attend the burial of my friend John.
You may remember that John died a couple of months ago while running on a trail with his wife.
John was buried in Arlington National Cemetery and the delay between his death and his burial was due to [...]
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Part of me would like to figure out how to move those numbers around.
And just as I finished typing that sentence a bird hit my office window.
The bird is looking at me as if to say “are you crazy?”
Hey, I’m not the one that flew into the window!
