ie:missional

I know, I know. I don’t really write enough any more to warrant a break, but still…

There are a lot of things going on in life right now and between summer ministry, vacation and getting ready for Beth’s wedding (rescheduled from last Dec to Aug 2) I am not going to try and make the time to blog. What little brain I have left is pretty tired.

Try to keep the weeping and wailing to a dull roar. Peace.

This is so stinkin’ cool.

My Big Fat Greek Firework Battle

One eighth of the GBC Evangelism Conference is today at Midway-Macedonia Church in Villa Rica. LifeWay research guru Ed Stetzer co-author of Breaking the Missional Code and the soon to be released Compelled by Love (co-authored with Philip Nation) will be speaking this afternoon.

Check the GBC site for times.

So my daughter says to me, “I’ve been thinking of this TV show for kids. It’s going to be about water and its various stages: vapor, liquid and solid. It’s going to be called, ‘So You Think You Condense?’”

Rimshot.

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My son does scarily good impressions of Frank Caliendo’s impressions, especially Terry Bradshaw and Al Pacino.

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A 70+ year old man in our church has been after me to preach a series on sex. He’s convinced that it will be interesting to unchurched people (or so he says). So, in August I’m preaching a series called, “Your Best Sex Now.”

Sonya is scared to death…

(To avoid any “YouTube moments” I’ll probably just use a complete manuscript each week. Yeah, that’ll be best…)

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Michael Vick makes news again. Besides reporting for jail early, he’s setting aside $928,073 to care for 54 pit bulls involved in his dog fighting operation, Bad Newz Kennels. My smart as a fifth grader education tells me that is $17,186.53 per critter. Dang. They’ll be living the life of Trouble Helmsley–for a while at least.

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Oh, to live in Sudan where it is perfectly okay to have genocide but, God forbid, you’d better not let your school kids name a teddy bear Muhammad.

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I’ve been to see Enchanted. Twice. It’s a smart movie–not hilarious, but pretty funny and with a couple of really unexpected thought provoking moments. If Amy Adams does not win an Oscar, close the stinkin’ Academy.

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Shalom.

To see what this theme looks like.

Well, after months of waiting, I purchased a brand new 8GB iPhone yesterday! This thing is soooooo cool and works just the way all the previews indicated. I’ve used all the functions and have yet to be disappointed. The only real “downside” so far is that the screen smudges easily and will not clean with a shirt sleeve; it appears that the best thing beside the included cloth wipe is a Kleenex.

Since I had no PDA or iPod in the past and my phone was reaching the breaking point, this was not only a “cool factor” decision, but also a sensible business decision as well. I am sorry that Art Rogers is still stuck with that Treo of his. Have sympathy for Art today and a moment of silence, please.