the G sides

I knew it was probably going to happen - but not to this extent.
I forgot Kris.
Kris was (and still is) the worship leader at Legacy Church where I started this crazy ride of ministry as an intern. While I was scrubbing toilets, changing ceiling tile, and mopping floors - she sat in […]

Linda had a great comment here. So I’d thought I’d give it a whirl.
First - I have to admit that I had a traumatic experience with women bosses right out of college. That’s right -plural. Not one, not two, but three. I was working for an economic development district and somehow, […]

Zack, Arron, and I rode down to River Market last night to watch Empire Strikes Back in the ampitheatre. It was fun and all but around 10.45 - I was done. Tired, hot, and hungry. The triple threat.
We saw a couple of rows of guys get kicked out for bringing alcohol. […]

I love Aerosmith.
I got a $25 gift card for iTunes from Jlo and Cindy-Lou last week. I spent it on Aerosmith but here’s my beef with iTunes - they didn’t have the full Chronicles album. So I had to piecemill my Aerosmith collection.
Which isn’t an all horrible thing - […]

Ever met someone and go “Dude….I’d love to work with him.” Now for me, it’s always a him. Why? Because if I said - “I’d like to work with her” I’d have some serious explaining to do. Plus, I’m a male chauvinist. (That was for Linda and Cathy! ha ha!)
Seriously, […]

Contrary to public sentiment, you don’t need a hymnal to play The Hymnal Game. You can use the Online Hymnal instead!! Maybe I’ll download them all into my iPod!!!
Then again…maybe not.
Which begs me to question why in the world was the Baptist Hymnal on my required BOOK list at seminary? Oh, I […]

We are redesigning our bulletin at Grace. Mainly because it breaks rules 1, 3, and 6. That’s just sick and wrong.
Here are my completely authoritative bulletin rules.
1. It should fit in a standard sized Bible. The largerst a bulletin should ever be is 8 1/2 by 11 folded in half. […]

I said I wasn’t ready here to unpack all the messy-ness. This response shouldn’t be taken as exhaustive either and I reserve the right to be wrong AND change my mind. Just call me a woman! (Let the comments fly with that one….)
Let it be know first and foremost that I wouldn’t […]

A buddy of mine called me this morning.
“Hey - been to the Dilbert blog website before?”
“Yeah. Probably. Well. I’m subscribed so I’d have to go there at least once to get the RSS feed.”
Long pause.
“What’s up?”
“Well. Have you been there lately?”
“Uh….no.”
“Well…”
This was the second “well” which never goes well in a […]

Yesterday - all day planning meetings for upcoming sermon series. Very good, enjoyed it but exhausting.
I love the way we plan series here at Grace. Every ministry director is in on the process. Part of the process is always going on as we are always ’sniffing’ what is going in […]