If anyone else is going, zip me a comment and let me know.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Inspiration in times of Desperation
Quote to get you thru the week:
"When we're at the end of our rope and resources,
we've just arrived at the beginning of God"
-tweet by lensweet @ twitter.com
Things have been hopping this week! Just a quick update:
- I'm trying to crank out a few sermons and found this website got my creative juices flowing. Check it out:
[zip your mouse around the page...it's pretty cool!]
- Finished up Head First by Tony Buzan: I really liked the layout and the ideas the book generated for all areas of life. Man, I am smarter than I think (and smarter than what people say ;)
- Connecting with people outside my church: I'm having lots of conversations with people about our church and how we might make a difference in their lives, especially in these uncertain economic times. How do we solve it?
Friday, September 26, 2008
Weekend Excitement
It's going to be a great weekend!
- Clarissa lost her first tooth: tooth fairy should be very happy! (pictures to come...)
- Parties parties parties: Southeran Fried Festival Friday night, corn maze Saturday and a picnic injects some must-needed fun time
- No sermon to prepare for Sunday: our District President Ken Lampe is coming in to preach and officially recognize a couple of guys who completed the deacon training. But I used my time wisely this past week to prep sermons for the month of October. It's a great feeling to be ahead of the game!
Hope you have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
LA Train Wreck
My dad has worked for a train company for as long as I can remember. At a very early age, he instilled in me a love for trains. Because he is resonsible for routing trains to achieve maximum productivity, he gave me an appreciation to find ways to help people make sense out of life.
When I heard about the accident, I was heart-broken and I wondered what happened. Below is a report which re-enacted the accident:
Humans make huge mistakes and somehow, somewhere, God is in the middle of it.
My prayers are with the families affected by this disaster.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Running on Empty
I never thought I'd face this, but my gas gauge is close to 'E'. I stopped by the gas station by my church and they're out of gas. I drove a little further down and that gas station was empty. I went down the whole main stretch of Columbia and all the gas stations were out of gas. This didn't help turn the red warning light off on my fuel gauge.
It caused me to change my behavior. Instead of zipping down the road at 70 mph (just kidding, it's more like 80 mph) I slowed to 40 to conserve gas. I coasted up to a red light instead of gunning it and stopping 18 inches from the white line. In short, I took my time.
Sometimes in life when we feel like we are going full throttle, we need to change our behavior. We need to slow down, refocus and remind ourselves what's really important in life. We get hung up on the little to-do lists that we forget about people and what really matters.
Slow down.
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