I wrote this in February of 2005: Have we made God’s will a lot more mysterious and a lot more difficult to figure out than what it really is? Wouldn’t you like to answer some questions, get some answers, put that to bed and not have to deal with it again? Yeah, me either. It’s read more
I didn’t finish my encouragment posts. I’ve got three more I need to land. Won’t all be today but here’s Harry’s. Harry is a recovered (he would say ‘recovering’) alcoholic. He is a self-described ragamuffin-saved-by-grace-Jesus-lover. He’s also one heck of a friend. I’ve learned pacing from him. Travelling with Harry forces you to slow down. read more
but there is a U in butthole. That gem came straight from Wayne Galli this morning. I laughed hard. How many times could I have used that phrase? Too many to count. Which brings me to NFL Training Camp Days. Over/Under on TO meltdown with Dallas: 4 games. Mark my words, by game 4 or read more
Today will be a high traffic day on grantenglish.com. Why? Because I think I’ve finally pulled out of the pile I was under and now have some time to write, update, and reflect. Plus, I’m building a new website for Grace Church using WordPress so I’m on the net all day today!! Woo-hoo!! Yeah for read more
There is no other company when it comes to sports games – EA is all you need to know. But these two titles are completely different from each other. NFL Head Coach is a role playing game. You make every decision that a head coach/general manager would in the NFL. What clothes to wear, what read more
Amy’s at bible study. Kids in bed. So I could play Xbox and my new favorite game, NFL Head Coach…but I’ll do a quick check of what is on the TV. MYTHBUSTERS!!!! SWEET!!! Tonight’s episode – the fastest way to cool beer. I’m sitting here laughing out loud. Take a 63 degree room temperature beverage read more
Wayne, Another freakin’ engineer. Seriously, you’ve been a safe place for me. A place to be real and challenged and loved (but not in the gay way…ha ha). We’ve struggled being dads of young kids together. We’ve solved the Little League Problem Parents problem together. I’ve watched you become the youth pastor to 8 boys read more
There’s a chance that a lot of readers won’t know who these people are. My first response – who cares? I know who they are and it’s my blog. Then I started thinking – yeah, you do know who these people – especially if you are minister/pastor type person. At least you ought to. If read more
Waiting sucks. So I’m going to play golf. Harry – if you’re reading, I’m at Rebsamen. Teeing off a little after 4 with Wayne-O.
This week in our spiritual formation group one of our possible “practices” is to write a letter of encouragment to someone. So this week – every day, I’ll do an encouragment post. Today – Steve Boehm. Dearest Steve (but not in a gay way), You are the biggest goofball in the world. That might not read more
The audio will be up tomorrow but I had a pretty good mistake in the sermon today. What I meant: There was a debate between Madeline Murray O’hara and W.A. Criswell. What I said: Madeline Albright. Who knew that the former Prime Minister of England was an atheist??? I will post the audio later.
They have a cool web site. They have some neat pieces in the free part of the museum. There….I said something nice, can I vent now? We went to Pursuing Picasso today. For $12 a person you can walk through that exhibit. The rest of the one floor musuem is free. I understand charging something read more
I’ve had a rough couple of days sleep wise and schedule wise. For some reason this must be “Call Grant and see if he’s got any breakfast/lunch/dinner plans week.” At some point this week, I will finish my sermon. It’s on Matthew 22:15-40 – Adventures in Missing The Point. More later…now for a day (or read more
As the comments grow on this post, I’d like to add a couple of things. (By the way – Heg – thanks for the comment and when are you baking cookies next???) I’d gently like to ask a couple of questions. Is the point of being in ministry to influence public policy? Should the driving read more
TO’s autobiography hits the shelves this week. (He misquoted himself, apparently.) Italy won the World Cup. Iverson will be traded soon. Now…does anybody really care? Neither do I. Please hurry, NFL….we’re dying.
I just got done with my sermon for Sunday – now it’s time to marinate on it and let it soak. I normally have more than just a couple of days for that but life is crazy right now. Here’s an excerpt… For some wacky reason God decided to roll the dice with humanity and read more
That bumper sticker made me laugh this past weekend. A pastor friend of mine in Colorado told me that the anomousity level towards Focus on the Family (headquartered in Colorado Springs) has hit an all-time high this past year because of their relationship with the President. He told me that there is such distaste with read more
Spending the weekend around my old stomping grounds got me thinking about my high school and middle school days. I really sucked as a person back then. I might have been one of the most selfish butts on the planet in fact. I wish I’d been a better brother to my younger brother. There’s like read more
Great day today, just hanging with Aim. I think the pics are self explanatory. If not…download google earth and have some fun. No incredibly funny stories today except I ate in the world’s worst brewery today. Had the world’s worst root beer. No worries though….ate a piece of cheesecake to make it better. Okay, this read more
You might need a bottle of rum to make it through this flick. In parts – it was hilarious. In parts – it was scary. In parts – it was boring and disconnected. About halfway through the movie – when the one-liners were great…”Look! An undead monkey!” and “Elizabeth Swan! Hide the rum” – I read more
This is mainly for Mom. We drove around in Aurora today. Here’s my high school. Yeah, right. Anyway – this was our house when I was in high school. And now for some shocking pictures. This was where my old house USED to be. It was on Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center – which is now read more
I actually took this picture to show the mountains and the planes at the Salt Lake City Airport – not as exhibit A for this post. Rob – for some reason I can’t figure out how to post a pic in that group so here it is.
We flew into Denver today via Salt Lake City. Someday, somebody in the airline industry is going to explain to me how it can cost me half as much to fly twice as far as needed. On the way we’ll go to Atlanta in order to get to Little Rock. At any rate – we read more
“You’re called to be a pastor, just not in the South.” That was a friend’s observation to me yesterday. We had a great laugh about it. The only tweak I’d give his insight – it’s not so much the South as it is the Religious South. For some reason, I connect quite well with pagans. read more
Started with my guys at 7 AM. I’m loving the time and the challenge to push further up and further in. Help Britton out with some budget stuff, lunch – then golf. I got to play 18 at Hindman with 3 of my best friends – Steve Boehm, Harry Anderson, and Wayne Galli. There was read more
From my journal this week: It’s true that I personally don’t have the stress of a rebellious teen in my home, or a drug addict, or an unbelieving child, or unfaithful spouse. My marriage isn’t on the rocks, I’m not wrestling with my mortality, God’s salvific plan or His existence. But as a pastor, I read more
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