Sunday Night Reflections

It’s Sunday night and Lucretia and I just finished take out from Outback–yummy!  Here are a few thoughts to end one week and begin the next…

• Alden, Steven and Gary all did incredible jobs speaking for the past three weeks!  It was so nice just to sit back and receive ministry…something I don’t get to do very often.
• It has been so cool to spend time with Steven and Gary the past few weeks…I learn a lot from these guys…and they always encourage the heck out of me.
• I will be back this Sunday to conclude the Gunslinger’s series–and I AM PUMPED!  The last time I took three weeks off I nearly passed out my first week back and I lost my voice!
• Pastors–I recommend that at least once a year you take three weeks off from speaking…I will explain why in a post later this week entitled “A Theology of Rest.”
• The latest rumor about NewSpring is that we just opened a nightclub!  People–PLEASE–we don’t even use real wine when we serve communion!  :-)  We do have Baptist roots!
• By the way–do you know the difference between a Baptist and a Presbyterian?  A Baptist won’t wave at you in the liquor store!  :-)
• Yes, someone did say the thing about the nightclub.  No–the pastor who heard it did not try to correct them…you can’t fix stupid!
• Charisse didn’t pee on me last night–she, for the very first time, got me with projectile poo poo.  It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen…and it took me quite a while to clean everything up!
• I have a whole new respect for mothers!  Dang…watching Lucretia has caused me to appreciate what women go through to raise children…ladies…my hat is off to all of you!  WOW!
• I have been trying to help out around the house–the other day Lucretia taught me how to unload the dishwasher…I discovered we have gadgets in the kitchen that I’ve seen on television…and I discovered a whole new set of dishes!
• I cannot wait until football season!!!  AND I do not care that the Beckam dude is in LA playing soccer!!!
• Our next series entitled “Illuminate” is going to be one of the most POWERFUL series we have ever done at NewSpring…the opening message of the series will be on August 5th and…let’s just say we are doing something we’ve never done before–and it is going to put me in a REALLY uncomfortable spot!!!

That’s about it for now!  I love you guys–can’t wait until next Sunday!