Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Evan Almighty
This movie looks absolutely HILARIOUS!!! I can not wait to see this! I am hoping that since it is rated PG that it will be a pretty good, can't give it my full support until I see it, but if it is near as good as Bruce Almighty it is a guaranteed smash!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Vacation!
Well we are officially on vacation! We left
Sandusky on Thursday morning and drove down to Washington D.C. Spent the evening in DC, and then drove down to the OuterBanks on Friday. It is so nice to be away with my family! I have been burning the candles at both ends most of this year, which is not good. This vacation was way over due! I will try and share some things that we are doing this week. But may not have much to share because "NOTHING" is on my schedule a whole lot this week!
Sandusky on Thursday morning and drove down to Washington D.C. Spent the evening in DC, and then drove down to the OuterBanks on Friday. It is so nice to be away with my family! I have been burning the candles at both ends most of this year, which is not good. This vacation was way over due! I will try and share some things that we are doing this week. But may not have much to share because "NOTHING" is on my schedule a whole lot this week!
Saturday, May 05, 2007
doing life together
I was at a wedding today and something jumped out at me. As the couple lit their unity candles the two flames became one, and went from 2 small 1/2 inch flames to one large 2-3 inch flame.
Isn't it the same with our inner flames for God? By ourselves we may have kind of a small flame, but when we join together with other Christ-followers our flames converge and grow. When we come together as Christ-followers in small group settings or accountability groups we can sharpen each other and by sharpening each other we cause our flames to grow!
Who are doing life together with to help your flame grow?
Isn't it the same with our inner flames for God? By ourselves we may have kind of a small flame, but when we join together with other Christ-followers our flames converge and grow. When we come together as Christ-followers in small group settings or accountability groups we can sharpen each other and by sharpening each other we cause our flames to grow!
Who are doing life together with to help your flame grow?
inventory
This weekend Meg, Keri and their mom have been doing a garage sale. So needless to say this past week we have been going through the house finding things (and we had plenty of things) to sell in the garage sell. My brother-in-law said it best, "this can get addictive, you keep going through your stuff saying, 'what can I sell?'" It has caused us to do some real inventory on our lives and posessions.
Let me ask you this...do you have to much stuff? I recently read an article in Relevant magazine about our generations "addiction to money," It was a very insightful article. Tony Compolo made this point: Over the past 25 years the average size of homes have increased by 40%, and it is not because we are having more kids, actually we are having less. It has everything to do with the fact that we have more stuff, and what is crazy is that we are having to rent out storage units to hold stuff that we can't fit in our homes.
If Meg and I get to the point where we are trying to figure out where to put stuff that we have, to me that is a sign. We need to get rid of some stuff! I never want to get to the point where I can't park my car in the garage because I have too much stuff. If I reach that point, then somebody is either getting blessed by me giving it away or it's time for a garage sell!
So if your bedroom or house is a little crowded...be a blessing to someone else and give some stuff away...or have a garage sell...either way take an inventory of all the stuff that you have and haven't used for at least a year! And get rid of it!
Let me ask you this...do you have to much stuff? I recently read an article in Relevant magazine about our generations "addiction to money," It was a very insightful article. Tony Compolo made this point: Over the past 25 years the average size of homes have increased by 40%, and it is not because we are having more kids, actually we are having less. It has everything to do with the fact that we have more stuff, and what is crazy is that we are having to rent out storage units to hold stuff that we can't fit in our homes.
If Meg and I get to the point where we are trying to figure out where to put stuff that we have, to me that is a sign. We need to get rid of some stuff! I never want to get to the point where I can't park my car in the garage because I have too much stuff. If I reach that point, then somebody is either getting blessed by me giving it away or it's time for a garage sell!
So if your bedroom or house is a little crowded...be a blessing to someone else and give some stuff away...or have a garage sell...either way take an inventory of all the stuff that you have and haven't used for at least a year! And get rid of it!
permission to speak freely?
Life the past couple of months has been next to insane. With everything going on with ministry, I have neglected to take time out for myself and my family. The last 2 or 3 weeks I have felt nothing but tired and unmotivated...symptoms of burn out! I have been stressed out and burning the candle at both ends. I have felt that my schedule was controlling me rather than me controlling my schedule.
But at last...the end is in sight! VACATION!!!
In a couple of weeks we are heading to the Outer Banks for vacation! I absolutely cannot wait! I have a week to get away, recharge my batteries and come back with a new perspective on life and ministry! I love getting away, for some reason I always come back with a new and fresh perspective on things...I guess it helps adjust the focus on my ministry lenses!
But at last...the end is in sight! VACATION!!!
In a couple of weeks we are heading to the Outer Banks for vacation! I absolutely cannot wait! I have a week to get away, recharge my batteries and come back with a new perspective on life and ministry! I love getting away, for some reason I always come back with a new and fresh perspective on things...I guess it helps adjust the focus on my ministry lenses!
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