Dad called tonight. “Hey. Whacha doin’ for Thanksgiving?” “I guess coming to KC, why?” “I got a couple of tickets to the KC/Denver game on Thanksgiving night…if you want to go.” Excuse me while I change my pants. I just wet myself. Heck freakin’ yeah!!!! Which jersey should I wear – Rod Smith or St. read more
Office packed. Files tossed. Keys turned in. Lights turned off. Last staff lunch – at PF Changs. Now the only thing left – and Kayla I know you are reading this – remove my name off the security list. No more friggin’ 3 AM phone calls telling me someone forgot to set the alarm. Vacation read more
so we can go to High Tide Harry’s. Nana and Poppy sent their stuff early…which means we are going to open it early. DRESS UP CLOTHES!!! I think dress up clothes for girls is like DVD’s for boys…you can never have too many. She also scored a Gigi video which I have no idea what read more
That was the subject line of the email from Harry…which meant who knows what kind of picture followed… Here they are… Great pics, Harry. I have no idea who needs to get credit for the lego project so if you know – leave a comment.
By some crazy act of God, I happen to have some great blogging friends in Orlando…and my mother-in-law. (You can’t win ‘em all.) And we are going to be hitting O-town on Saturday for 10+ days of seafood, pools, hurricanes, and the Big Rat. Here’s the invitation…Tuesday night, September 5th…Blog party at Harry’s Seafood. Who’s read more
Coop and I watched the first half of the Cincinnatti vs. Green Bay preseason game last night. Here were my thoughts in no particular order. 1. Carson Palmer is back. He may be better (smarter) than last year. 2. No matter how you slice, the Bengals have the worst uniforms in the league. I was read more
As I process my last week at Grace, it really is bitter-sweet. We are pumped about Pinecrest and Parker and the new friends we have there. We are excited about the potential and yes – even the WORK that is ahead of us. But we have so many friends that are family to us. Spending read more
Here is the Yahoo League story. I’m picking 7 in a 12 team league. Almost all the guys are solid players. There will be no gift wrapping in this draft. 7. Edge James, RB, Cardinals Manning was drafted early and somehow James slides here. I’m happy but nervous. New scoring system this year gives us read more
The Prophet spoketh here. It’s starting to happen here. The Cowboys aren’t even out of the preseason yet. This is going to be the longest 4 game stretch ever. Joe Theismann quote from the New Orleans/Dallas preseason game: I think TO has changed because the game of football was taken away from him last year. read more
I’ve now preached my last sermon at Grace and locked up after church my last time. (Which for all the Grace readers – we use a lot of lights on Sunday morning. Just an observation.) There was a basket of cards and throngs of people who just wanted a hug and some face time after read more
I was picking 6 in a 10 team league. For my opinion on that position read here and here. I draft again in 11 hours. But for now a quick analysis of my first draft… 6. Peyton Manning – my thinking was gamble that a back would be there on the turn around…. 15. Chad read more
Tonight is the draft for my Yahoo League and tomorrow is the draft for my ECFC League. (BTW, my ECFC League has a blog here.) Steve “Pool Boy” Boehm is in the Yahoo leauge, Rob and Tom are in the ECFC League (as well as a host of other bloggers). Normally strategy would dictate to read more
I’m sitting in San Fran Bread company working out the last details of my sermon and in walks this “older than me” woman. She is wearing a bright green, slanted stripe outfit and she is ordering. I can smell her from here. A very strong, fru-fru perfume smell. It’s like walking through the perfume section read more
I’m learning that while as a parent I can choose WHAT battles I will fight, I don’t necessarily get to choose WHEN or WHERE those battles take place. Profound? Glad your impressed, let’s go to the telestrater. Exhibit 1: hairstyles Cooper wants a mohawk. Which honestly, I’m okay with. Amy – not so much. Right read more
Here is the full story, not the shoddy one on ESPN. So Atlanta gets Lelie, Washington gets Duckett, Denver gets draft picks. Who is the winner? Washington obviously is better off especially with Portis being hurt. Gibbs will know how to best use Duckett and make no mistake, Duckett can run. He’s young and a read more
Unbelievable. I can’t tell you how awesome it would be to see these two in concert. They are going to be at Red Rocks…..in SEPTEMBER!!!!! Which means we’ll be here in Little Rock. And when we get to Denver in October….they’ll be in Dallas. Perfect…. (sigh) Time to bust out the iPod. [tags]Red Rocks, Sheryl read more
Crap like this just makes me want to find the nearest rock and hide under it. Or pick it up and throw it. I definitely know how Jesus feels about that so I’ll just blog instead. Pastor claims literal interpretation of the Bible means that women should not teach men – so a woman who read more
Seeing Denver, Colorado show up in my site meter stats. he he he heh Welcome to the G Sides!!!!! Let your voice be heard!! Know what’s not so cool? I’ve got no way in Africa to see the Broncos in their second preseason game tonight. That’s just wrong on so many levels.
Over the next two weeks I’m going to preach possibly the hardest sermons I’ve ever had to preach. Not because they are the last ones at Grace. Not because I have 108 emails and phone calls to respond to on top of sermon prep and moving details. Because I’m dealing with the topic of marriage read more
Last night was just awesome. We went to the Sudduths. Scott used to manage resort hotels. What’s one thing that all resort hotels pride themselves on? Food. Great food and lots of it. Eating at Scott and Beckie is no different except it’s better. Scott is an incredible cook – and that’s not even doing read more
Top 10 Things Students Need to Know Before They Leave High School 1. They are valued. 2. They are loved. 3. They are passionately in love with Jesus. 4. They are the Church. 5. They are to love others. 6. They are to be Prayer Warriors. 7. Practice the Spiritual Disciplines. 8. They know some read more
I’ve blogged about Steve before and his quirky taste in movies. He’s my best friend in the world, he has no bigger fan than me…which gives me the right to tell this story. Steve and Beth just moved to Dallas. They got a great deal on a house that just so happens to have a read more
Part of the candidate weekend at Pinecrest was giving our family all day Saturday to basically do what we wanted. It gave us time to process the weekend, hear from God…or in our case, rip down to Colorado Springs and see the Air Force Academy and US OIympic Training Center. So we roll up to read more
We’re finally back from a crazy time in Colorado. I have so many phone calls and emails to write – it’s overwhelming. It’s a good problem to have! And we do feel loved (or we just enjoy hanging out with nosey, obsessive compulsive people. It’s a toss up.) After spending most of this day on read more
Got this email this morning from one of my buddies. I am somewhat ashamed, but not so much really that I laughed hard at this… Q: How many men does it take to open a beer? A: None. It should be opened when she brings it. Q: Why is a laundromat a really bad place read more
Last night at dinner, Stephanie (one of the search team members) says to me… “So, it looks like we got the best youth pastor in the country.” I said – “No, actually there are a lot better youth pastors in the world…” Before I could say anything else, Cooper said… “No there’s not.” I can read more
Forget to tell this story yesterday… We are going through security at Little Rock Airport when the guy behind Amy hears that we are going to Denver. “You guys going to Colorado?” Amy: “Yes we sure are.” And then he said it… “Going skiing?” It’s a good thing I didn’t hear him because I would read more
I speak this weekend – twice. I was going to do one talk – Road Trippin’ With Jesus…but now I’m thinking about changing my talk to Naked Guy In The Cemetery. Why change my talk? I have no good answer for that. Of all the ‘skills’ that churches look for, speaking is the one that read more
Clay asked a great question. So far, here’s my list. 1. Things that are immensely frustrating to me are immensely hilarious to my volunteers. Example…trying to explain to a student for the 15th time why we have meet times and why it’s important for him to show up. See Brazil and Harry Potter. 2. Never read more
Let me count the ways…. Number of TSA Agents in Ticket Counter Area: 54 Number of security stations opened: 2 Number of times a 70 year old women was asked to come aside for further inspection: About every one that was travelling (Honestly – what the heck? If a 70 year old women stood up read more
Got asked what I meant by better opportunity in an email last night…thought I’d ruminate a little!! For me – better opportunity does not equate more money. (If it does – great. I’m not complaining.) In my mind, better opportunities would be things like – a place to stay 15-20 years to do ministry, a read more
Talking to a buddy of mine today (who is also looking for a job) and we got talking about the ridiculousness of searching for a pastoral job versus other kinds. This year was quite the experience for me as I got to see both sides of the fence – the hiring and the searching. (I read more
Kris is throwing down her own “Jack Bauer” list. I’m so proud. I’m gonna cry. UPDATE: Here is part two. Now I’m really crying…I’m so proud of her. [tags]24, Jack Bauer[/tags]
Events of yesterday will not be fully disclosed here. One hairy moment of yesterday was as Amy was getting out of the Sequoia in front of our house – with kids still in it – it started rolling back down the hill. Amy couldn’t get in the truck to stop it. I was watching on read more
That’s all I can write right now. I’m counting the seconds to midnight to celebrate the death of this day and the birth of tomorrow.
Guess who was in bed with me when I woke this morning? That’s right. Cayden. Sleeping with a smile on her face, not a care in the world, snug as a bug between mom and dad. I must have been so tired that I didn’t wake Amy up to take Cayden back to her room.
So Cayden – the 3 year old – has regressed the last few weeks in terms of potty training. On purpose. Wet her pants, pee on the floor. It’s irritating and a hassle to deal with. After 3 kids – there are some things you just know are coming and you deal with. Doesn’t mean read more
This is my final post on Encouragment. At least for awhile. There are a ton of folks I could add to the list – Becky, Chris, Drew, Renee’, Kayla, Moms (both of them). But Amy has got to be the biggest fan/encourager in my life. I realize that isn’t true for every husband. All these read more
Scot McKnight sums up alot of what I’ve been trying to communicate about pastors and politics with this post and this post with his post. Excellent work. [tags]Jesus Creed, Faith and Politics[/tags]
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