be best. never in-between.
Rome Braves vs Asheville Tourists in Asheville. The T’s are winning after 3.
This is so much cooler than MLB. We’re 4 rows behind the dugout for $10. It’s about 72-degrees…not a cloud in the sky.
Breathe in…that’s true Americana you smell.
Happy 4th.
I’m so suburb to be impressed by this… Spent the afternoon with my gorgeous bride of 6 years. Thank heavens for my folks who took the girls for 2 nights.
McKenna’s been learning her way around the computer lately. I’m not sure WHEN she did this, but she has apparently learned how to add a bookmark group in my web browser.
Hopefully the “amx” doesn’t mean she’s opened herself a charge card account.
Reminder: She’s 3.
So Annette and I are going off for a few days for our anniversary this Saturday through Monday. Then we take off next Wednesday for a week of camping in North Carolina with my parents. Excitement wouldn’t even begin to describe what we’re feeling about the next couple of weeks. We haven’t truly vacationed in far too long. FAR too long.
So… 10 or 11 days away from the madness… Tell me…What should I read?
So this week is Surge Camp at West Ridge. Surge is one of the coolest things we do at West Ridge. Lots of churches do VBS…but this is no VBS. This is hundreds of volunteers, including people who don’t even attend our church, getting together to teach kids things they already love… How to be a better ball player, photographer, cook, actor. Each kid picks a ‘track’ for the week and spends each evening learning new stuff from people who know what they’re talking about. We have local school coaches, professional photographers, etc., teaching the kids skills while sharing the love of Jesus and a nugget of scripture throughout the week.
You should see this thing in action… We’re talking shuttle busses, very elaborate parking strategies, over 600 kids in color coded t-shirts, and more volunteers than I’ve ever seen at any West Ridge event ever.
All I’m doing is putting together the madness that is the “large group time.” It’s laughable in comparison to what these other folks are doing to invest in these kids.
Unbelievable.
So I haven’t posted anything at all for a week, and anything terribly introspective for much longer than that (if ever!)… I’ll be back on the wagon soon.
The bulk of my week was spent hanging with my Worship Arts gang at the lake for three days. A good time was had by all. Good talks, good fun, and lots of visioneering.
Had a great Father’s Day, too. More on that when I catch up.
Later, y’all!
Here’s our new little bit. This is the first time we’ve actually gotten to SEE any of kids’ hearts beating. Very cool.
Official due date: January 31, 2009!
I told some friends today that this had been rocking around in my head like a dozen lead marbles the last few days. (Translation: it’s making all kinds of noise, and won’t let me ignore it.)
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Hebrews 12:4
Oops, upside ya head. Oops upside ya head. Pay attention now. [credit]
I’ll shut up and let the Spirit do some preachin’.
The world is still curious about Neil Diamond’s big ear lobes.
There seems to be a cycle. Maybe it has to do with the phase of the moon or something?
Why on earth do we even give a rip about Neil Diamond’s ears? This doesn’t give me much hope for the sanity of America.
So Apple announces the next gen of iPhones will sport GPS, some cool app features (most of which even us 1st gen owners will get), a slimmer form factor, and a very attractive $199 pricetag ($299 for a 16GB version.
I feel very sad for this guy. Looks like he won with his bid of $700…26 minutes before Steve Jobs began his keynote address.
But I reckon “two4hockey” is pretty stoked. He can go buy a couple of the new ones and have enough left to pay his AT&T bill for the month.
[thanks to Chris Vacher for the twitpic]
