Over the past few weeks, I've noticed a few more people than normal viewing my blog...which is cool. But...for those of you who are new, I do indeed have a disclaimer to the right and down the page a bit. It reads:
I post what I want. My assertions, comments, complaints, observations and reflections are just that...mine. There is no approval process for these to be posted by an employer.
Here's the translation...don't attribute my thoughts, feelings, music preferences, postings, etc to the church where I am employed. If you do not like what I say, then by all means enter into the mart of commerce, create your own blog, and spout off.
----Back to your regularly scheduled programming----
Working for the Weekend:
Saturday: hung out with my mom for part of the afternoon. We bought a powered antenna for the big DTV switch. I know, it's been put off until June ("June"-ol), but many of the Cedar Rapids channels are switching today anyway. That night, Anne and I went to the Valentine's banquet at church, good food, good friends...it was a nice time.
Sunday: Church, family time with Anne's sister and family, then off to
Lincoln Christian College and Seminary for a campus visitation. we left at 2pm, and stopped at
Monical's Pizza in Peoria for dinner. We got to Lincoln about 6:30-ish, and hung out in the Warehouse for a while. We had a ridiculous time. One of my ex-students came, and we played pool for a while in the boy's dorm, then went to Steak and Shake for a late night food run and milk shakes. In bed by midnight-ish.
Monday: Up early and at the Warehouse for morning devotions, and I hung out with Nickie and Samantha for a while. Someone put a chair on a table, climbed on it and got a Jimmy john's magnet down off of the HVAC vents. I cannot remember who this was. Panera bagels for breakfast, campus tour, lunch, attended a class, then listened to Brian Mills (VP of Student Affairs or Development) speak. He spoke at our high school week of camp last year. He's a good guy. We left by 4pm, and did the iPod hand off move for music on the way home. We stopped at Galesburg (Carl Sandburg!) at Hardee's where we "just warshed it". Got home last night about 8:20-ish. Had a quiet family night watching CSI:Miami.
What else is new?
Prepping for the
National Youth Ministry Conference next week in Columbus Ohio. Leaving early next Thursday, the conference is Friday-Monday AM, and then return Monday night, late.
Going to Lincoln REALLY makes me think about Grad school. I am intrigued by teaching.
I'm up to date on LOST and 24. While at chemo the last 2 weeks, I've been watching "Lie to Me".
Over the past 2 Friday nights, I watched Clint Eastwood's "Iwo Jima" movies:
Letters From Iwo Jima and
Flag of Our Fathers. Someone once said that the best war movies are "anti-war", and in this case, the saying is true.
Over at
Jake Bouma's, he wrote, "The last couple of weeks have been pretty crazy for me. I’ve had the biggest “pastoral care” issues with parents/students that I’ve dealt with up to this point in my (admittedly short) youth ministry career, and it’s been scary, humbling, draining, while at the same time, beautiful, life-giving, and affirming. And through it all, God has been speaking to me in profound ways (which is something I have said with any confidence very few times)." in his Ministry Update section. I can relate 100% to these thoughts. In my 3+ years of being at Eastview, I have never felt more challenged, exhausted, encouraged and frustrated.
I ordered carpet for my car last week. It's supposed to be here tomorrow. I'm kind of excited about it.
My wife has fewer chemo treatments ahead of her than behind her. It's weird to think about. This thing, this cancer that has been in our lives since September, will soon no longer be a driver in our lives. No more weekly chemo treatments. It will be done. The sad thing about this whole experience is that it has truly been an awesome thing for us, relationally speaking. We have grown closer to one another, and once it's no longer there, it will be weird.
I am done here.
Comments (3)
and do you think this emergent church thing has any merit? that's a serious question.. it's a new term for me.
and I wish to offer my regards to your wife's situation.. that must be a tough thing and it's truly amazing the strength God gives people to endure.. peace be with you.. sincerely..