And the winner is…. Clay!!! Great job and some link love your way. Clay is a freshman at the University of Arkansas and former Life Group Leader, world traveler, flip-flop wearing, karaoke singing stud. (Who’s going to have knee surgery next week…pray for him.) MikeS and KrisK rounded out the top 3. One day KrisK read more
I absolutely hate canceling youth. I hate it. It smells of defeat. But when they start closing major highways due to ice and RTD is parking buses in backyards – it’s time to call it what it is. So no youth tonight. I’ll go home and watch Mythbusters.
We’ve got to come up with a much shorter title but it’s descriptive. This is a fairly new “community” of youth leaders and I’m hosting the next one at Pinecrest. The normal format at these meetings are the host feeds you, the host gives you the tour of their facilities, the host tells you how read more
So my good friend and partner in sarcasm – Wayne Galli – is coming into town next weekend. I love this guy – even though he works way to hard and blogs not nearly enough. He and his wife Amy were awesome volunteers at Grace in Little Rock. WARNING: RABBIT TRAIL ALERT We had a read more
The following account is true. The names have been changed to protect the guilty. The phone rang, Amy grabbed it and after some confusion – she hands the phone to me. “It’s for you. Sounds bad.” “This is Grant.” “Dude, have you gotten any of my emails?” I immediately recognized the voice. It was Ed. read more
This happened when we moved to Arkansas – everyone spend the year getting sick or getting other people sick. At one point back in 2002 – Cooper was a strep carrier. Lucky us. So he gave his grandparents strep – Big Tom twice – and his siblings and pretty much anyone who spent the night read more
I did our taxes this year. I hate the whole process. I mean, I don’t hate many things – even now I’m struggling to really name things I hate – but this is one of them. The kids have called tax weekend “The Funk Weekend.” For their own safety, they give me a wide berth read more
Went to see Amazing Grace last night – a break in the middle of my personal hell called “taxes.” Believe the hype. It’s good – in a sense and sensibility kind of way. It’s British – so know that going in but it’s not just the story that is good – it’s how it was read more
One of our elders sent me this email today and I started laughing pretty hard. Had to pass it on. 1. You must learn to pronounce the city name. It is: ‘den-ver’ not Denvah. 2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Denver has its own version of traffic rules… the cars/truck with the loudest read more
Amy said something last night that got me thinking – “If all of our students ever show up on the same night – this is going to be nuts.” We’ve got around 20 students that show up on Sunday morning. Good start seeing that 3 months ago we had next to nothing. But then – read more
I spoke this morning for a man who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day in World War II. His grandson attends our church. As with many men of that era, he grew up poor, worked hard, went to war, got wounded, had a family, and just plugged away at life without ever talking much about read more
So we live on a corner in a “Managed Community”, right? That means a couple of things – first Home Owners Association – HOA for short. It’s where a bunch of anal-retentive, high-strung homeowners get together and make rules that nobody else would think of. Like – if you put up a basketball goal, the read more
Chargers hire Norv Turner as head coach. As a Bronco fan and AFC West rival all I can say is… Thank you so very much. Now if only the Chiefs would hire Marty back, all would be right. [tags]San Diego Chargers, AFC West[/tags]
As I mentioned earlier – I had no voice this weekend. I couldn’t lead worship in youth, I couldn’t sing in “big church,” and I couldn’t holler at my kids to quit playing in the sanctuary and get to the car because it was time to leave. So in the morning service, I was forced read more
“Hey – why haven’t you posted? Something wrong?” Yes. Something is wrong. My body. We went skiing Friday – using the last of the free passes we had….moment of silence. And starting Saturday morning – stuff wasn’t right. Couldn’t talk, eyes burning, throat hurt. Then last night – fever. Great. So this morning, I get read more
We were rambling tonight during the podcast and Matt flippantly said – “On June 9th we are going to see the best 3-piece band of all-time.” To which Chris said – “ZZ Top!” To which Matt and I looked at each other in complete humiliation. “Uh…how about the 2nd?” Then Chris said “Buddy Holly and read more
I talked about the Dallas Cowboy situation earlier but this situation has too many leadership goofs to pass up. Dean Spanos, owner of the Chargers fired Marty Schottenheimer today claiming the conflict between GM A.J. Smith and Marty to great to continue. To use his words – a dysfunctional situation. Here are the basics of read more
This just in, gang. Guess who’s coming to Denver???? Now – if the venue is Red Rocks…that’s a recipe for one fun night out. But alas it is the Pepsi Can. Oh well… [tags]The Police World Tour[/tags]
Last night at Life Group, Stephanie did her devo on Jeremiah 29:11 – “I know the plans I have for you – plans to prosper you not to harm you.” She commented that perhaps this was the most misquoted verse in all of scripture. She’s not going to get much argument here. I agree with read more
Bruce is a great friend of mine – in fact, one of the many non-blogging friends that I associate with. So I call him. Bruce: “Dude, I got a Xbox 360.” Silence on my end. Bruce: “Ang (his wife whom I’ve blogged about before) is cooking chicken enchiladas as well.” More silence on my end. read more
I didn’t even watch the rest of the Grammys. Seeing The Police open was awesome. Seeing Jamie Foxx immediately afterward killed me. Seeing the Dixie Chicks win Album of the Year solidified my belief that the current record industry is smoking crack and completely disconnected from the rest of the world. Here’s a YouTube clip read more
Wade Phillips – yes, that Wade, Denver fans – is the new head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. You can whine all you want about why is a 3-time retread head coach given another chance when there are a slew of younger coaches that should be given a chance. But if you think about the read more
My wonderful dad had a flight out at 7.26…..in the morning. That meant getting to the airport at 6….in the morning. Which meant leaving our house at 5.15…..in the morning. Which meant getting up at 4.30……in the morning. I love Dad and Mary very much. And we will miss them. But that was early. It read more
Couple of cool things about people visiting us – we get to ski with them. So “Grandad and Mamie” (aka my Dad and Mary) show up and the gang all loads up to the mountains!! We were supposed to go to Winter Park but as we were about to go through Berthoud Pass, a CDOT read more
This blog will be silent today in remembrance of the 2006-2007 NFL Season. The 2006-2007 NFL Posts: Monday Night Football Cutler Watch Started NFC Rant, Week 1 AFC Rant, Week 1 NFL Reflections, Week 2 New York Football Giants Broncoland The 2006-2007 Bronco Experiment Weekly Bronco Rant Blog Bet The Game Via Mike Riley – read more
vs. Is it just me or were those Don Cheadle commercials for the Super Bowl the best ever? “How big is the Super Bowl? It made Roman numerals cool.” Alas – the game. By the way – if you want an inside look at both of these coaches – go here. Beyond the Ultimate has read more
The history of the “Most Popular” Post saga is well documented: I’d given up on the plugin. Great idea, not-so-great execution of idea. Enter two different plugins that came out YESTERDAY!! (By the way, if you have WordPress – just glance at your dashboard every now and then. There are some wonderful updates in that read more
I’ve needed to do this for a while now and just now getting to it….Some updates on the blogroll page. Updates: Shawn “I’ll Blog When I Freakin’ Feel Like” Fanchette, Island of Misfit Pastors He changed blogs, I changed my RSS feed, didn’t change the link page. Not that it mattered. I love him. I read more
It’s Wayne! Shocker, I know. I thought Kris was going to catch him but alas – she didn’t. It’s rumored that Wayne anxiously awaits his RSS feed to see when I’ll write so he can immediately comment. Congrats Wayne and you win a free trip to my blog.
I’m just stuck with the sermon. I got the beginning…I got where I’m going to land…it’s the chewy soft middle. Aggggggh. I’ve been here before. I’ll just keep reading and listening and writing and waiting. Blogging for some reason helps. I’m not sure why. Maybe the creative outlet. I met with Josh – our worship read more
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