the discussion of faith within desperate housewives just got better. of course, we’re flipping channels because there are other parts happening that we don’t really want to watch and definitely don’t want our kids watching. yet the scenes of the two characters discussing faith are so good that i may have to download the episode and use it for discussion sunday night at tapestry’s launch team meeting.
"church isn't a place for questions, it's a place for answers"
i have never seen an episode of desperate housewives before. i know it’s pretty popular bu it just hasn’t been on my list of shows to watch. so i was greatly surprised when pam and i were flipping through the channels and we ran across a television conversation on someone going to church. i didn’t realize until the end of the scene that it was desperate housewives.
apparently one character had gone to another character’s church and accidentally caused a little embarrassment. the character who has visited the church was preparing to go to another church service that evening and was excited about it. she was preparing more questions. that’s when the the hosting character said “church isn’t a place for questions, it’s a place for answers. that’s why we don’t ask the pastor questions during his sermon.” the visitor responded with “but what if i need a place where i can ask questions?” i’m not really sure how the host character responded because pam started shouting “THEN YOU NEED TO COME TO TAPESTRY!”
of course, i would agree with my wife and we are presently watching the end of the episode to see what happens. i would never have thought that i would be excited about watching desperate housewives. i probably should turn in my man card.
the things you don't think about
i’m beginning to learn how thankful i should have been for the infrastructure that was already established within the churches that i have previously worked at. i had just assumed a great number of things. at the established churches that i had worked at making copies was never an issue. i might have to choose between black and white or color copies but i never had to worry about the cost of copies. it was just an assumed thing. or ink. i never had to think about “how much ink will this take and how much will it cost me” every year when i plan the budget for the youth ministry i never had to account for ink. of course, that’s no longer true. the same goes for a great deal of other things such as, staples, envelopes, note cards, pens, etc. it’s amazing all the small thing that you start to miss when you no longer have access to them. last week i would have given up an arm or one of my sons for a paper cutter.
this is one of those things that makes me laugh when some pastors i meet say that while they have never planting a church from scratch they basically know what it’s like because they had to restart a church from having almost died. when i hear that i laugh a little.
anyway, does anyone have a paper cutter that they don’t need anymore? i would gladly pay for shipping. it beats losing an arm or a child (i need the children for raking the yard).
parkview has a new one
from what i’ve been told by people i love in baton rouge parkview has a new youth minister. i don’t know the guy but i love and respect the people on the youth minister search committee and therefore i’m sure that he must be a great guy for them to have settled on him. anyhow, back in november i posted concerning how i would greet the new youth minister and just in case there is anyone from parkview who still reads this blog (i usually bore people away from the blog within a few weeks so i doubt that anyone has stuck with it) i thought i would repost a link to it. good times are ahead for the youth ministry of parkview. join the new youth minister in realizing how the kingdom of GOD can be lived out in baton rouge.
The Cookie Monster Confession
This is great. It’s a confession from the cookie monster concerning his problem with cookies and with people calling him a monster. It begins with:
Me know. Me have problem.
Me love cookies. Me tend to get out of control when me see cookies. Me know it not natural to react so strongly to cookies, but me have weakness. Me know me do wrong. Me know it isn’t normal. Me see disapproving looks. Me see stares. Me hurt inside.
It makes me laugh. You can read the entire post here at McSweeney’s.
fyi
i’m sure most people know this but i figure i’ll say it anyway … if you are older than 29 then you are no longer cool unless you are a rock star or an actor (and all of them are pretty much lame and pathetic so who would want to be one). the reason i say this is because ever now and then i run into one of those people who thinks they are still cool and tries to play the part. for example, a 35 year old man refusing to shake your hand because he insists on dabs instead. now it’s all okay because i’m by no means cool.
nobts
it’s official now, i’m a d.min student at nobts. i start my first trimester august of this year. i’ll go down for a business week and do my classes and then come back home and do all my papers. this will happen three times a year or so until i graduate.
interivew #12
thanks to penza i had the opportunity to interview another person concerning his views on the church and what he would like to see a church do within the point area. i am very thankful for the people who are kind enough to answer my annoying questions and let me pick their brains.
slowly but surely these interviews are helping us to launch tapestry.
the best little league game everywhee
i’ve talked about improv everywhere before (we based the parkview mp3 view off of something they did). their latest project was to take an unsuspecting little league game and make it like a major league game. the video below shows it happening.
what a great thing.
very excited & a little nervous
after weeks of praying everyone on the tapestry launch team agreed that we should start the public worship services of tapestry on september 14th. we also agree that we want to do a prayer labyrinth in the uwsp university center in about four weeks. the second we reach that conclusion pam and my stomachs went beserk. i’ve had butterflies all day. yes we moved up to wisconsin for the purpose of planting tapestry but truthfully it didn’t seem as real before the launch date was set and the labyrinth was agreed upon. in my mind it all still seemed theoretical. it’s not anymore. it’s the real deal now and while it’s incredibly exciting it’s also a little nerve racking.
it’s so great.
anyway i’ve been usingg mind mapping to organize projects for a year or two now and i really like it as an organizational tool. it helps me to think through things. i’ve used mindmeister before (because it’s free and online – a combination that i like). i haven’t used the it’s collaborative features before but i decided it would be nice to try it this time. so i’ve set up a collaborative mind map for the labyrinth to see how it works out for us.
this would have been such a great thing to have had for youth ministry retreats. it would have been a great way of organizing several people working on various projects and also communicating what everyone was doing.
anyhow below is a link to the labyrinth mind map.
my run for the day
distance – 7.0 miles
time – 1:21:25
pace – 11:39/mile
weather – 40º/very windy