Yes, that is Russell Crowe considering his call into the ministry....
So, what can table fulls of chili dogs, chips, drinks, tacos, vegetarian egg rolls (!) and watermelon do for your day? Well, for me, it can keep the last class of the day from seemingly draggin on.It seems the president's offices have been out the last couple of days serving free food to students on campus. That's a nice gesture. I couldn't help but make a church connection as I had them pile on some extra cheese.Some of them were wearing long sleeve shirts...
I bought a print of this to put in our youth house. It laid against one of the bookcases in my office for about a week. There's was no way I could part with it after that. I'm not really sure what it is that I love about it. Maybe it let me laugh when I thought about stressing over something, or challenged me to think just a little more.Whatever it was doesn't matter; it now hangs above the doorway in my office. I'll see about getting the youth group...
I'm catching up on some letter writing I've been meaning to do. One of those letters is to the pastor of the UMC we visited in Little Rock (hey, better way late than feeling guilty I never wrote it). Part of her sermon included the story below. I'm not sure if I had heard it prior to then or not, but for some reason it just shouted at me that Sunday. Maybe it'll yell at you too:Once upon a time, the great river had a huge flood. A large scorpion was trapped...
A Woman was out golfing one day when she hit the ball into the woods. She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap. The frog said to her, “If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes.”The woman freed the frog, and the frog said, “Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes. Whatever you wish for, your husband will get times ten!”The woman said, “That’s okay.” For her first wish, she...
When despair tries to take me under... I choose life.When I wonder what God could possibly be thinking... I choose trust. When I desperately want relief from unrelenting reality... I choose perseverance. When I feel oppressed by my disappointment and sorrow... I choose gratitude.When I want to keep my feelings to myself... I choose vulnerability.When nothing goes according to my plan... I choose relinquishment.When I want to point the finger... I choose...
This is one of my favorite hymns. I think everyone should be able to find a "version" they will enjoy. All of Creation serves as His signature--He is our King! Yet He calls us friend. May your day be blessed.Acapella...Piano and VocalsSalvador singingOn the guitarin Chinese Mandarin 如鹿渴慕on the saxoph...
This morning I took my final, and the Summer Session is now over. We'll begin again in the next couple of weeks. So, for the next couple of days I'll be catching up on some of my reading and putting more focus on some church projects scattered across my office wall.Next month we'll be participating in the KAIROS Torres #18 walk in Hondo. This will be the third walk Gloria and I have been a part of. What a blessing! If you've never had an opportunity to...
We actually have a chicken and a rooster that call our church home. Last year I first noticed them when I saw a line of chicks crossing the street to get to church. This year, during VBS, we had to convince the kids it wasn't a good idea to mess with the hen while she was laying her eggs--even though she was in the play house.Here's some crazy fish you probably haven't seen (I know I haven't) (+neatorama)Read some the "volunteering habits and trends in America’s...
So, if a group of people help distribute over 29,000 pounds of food and no one brings a camera to capture all the work, did it really happen? Of course it did. Wow! Yesterday we partnered with the San Antonio Food Bank and passed out boxes of food to families. The food bank had called us to help since Helping Hand was in the middle of constructing their new medical building.It kind of just came together and happened. One of our members graciously agreed...
