I mispell things!
this is for all those who consistently have automobile accidents. you can’t feel too bad until you drive for a living and do this with your vehicle. until you reach this level of accident you can always rest assured that there is at least one driver in the world who is worse than you.
of course, once you “top” this accident you have reached an entirely new level of terrible driving.
i’m bone dead dog tired (whatever that means) right now. it’s been a long but fun week.
earlier this week i had the privilege of eating lunch with j.t., the youth minister at jefferson baptist church here in baton rouge. we ate some rather large cheeseburgers at cheeburger, cheeburger and had a great conversation concerning exploring the possibility of together developing and setting up some alternative worship experiences. neither of us know what will come out of the dialogue but we’re open to continuing it and maybe bringing some other people into it. if nothing else it was very refreshing.
BTW – to the right is a rather ticked off looking j.t. oooooohhhhh! scary!
some of us went go karting this afternoon and i learned a valuable lesson. today i learned that alan is invisible to authority figures. you see alan has the rare ability to use his kart to slam people into the side rail without ever being seen by the people who are supposed to throw troublemakers like him out. it was an amazing thing to watch. alan bounced everyone who came by him. he would pound his victim into the rail and just continue driving while hitting the person. he didn’t even try to hide it. yet no one who could do anything about it ever saw his behavior. it was like he was invisible and since he was invisible he just continued to slam everyone he saw. bad alan, bad!
tonight at the view we are commissioning one of our own to go to nicaragua for a month and work with our friends there in spreading the good news of the kingdom of GOD.
here’s the flash file that i’m using to open our discussion on acts 13:1-3
wether you are a “dukes of hazard” fan or not you have to be impressed with the stunt driving within this video. it’s pretty impressive.
just click here to see the video.
here’s what southern seminary president albert mohler says in his commentary article “needed: an exit strategy” concerning how souther baptists should respond to public schools:
I believe that now is the time for responsible Southern Baptists to develop an exit strategy from the public schools. This strategy would affirm the basic and ultimate responsibility of Christian parents to take charge of the education of their own children. The strategy would also affirm the responsibility of churches to equip parents, support families, and offer alternatives. At the same time, this strategy must acknowledge that Southern Baptist churches, families, and parents do not yet see the same realities, the same threats, and the same challenges in every context. Sadly, this is almost certainly just a matter of time.
i have a friend who is a fan of mohler so rob please forgive my comments on your future seminary president. anyhow, mohler’s statements are stupid. come on. do we really need to pull even more into our little “CHRISTian” ghetto? more and more we pull into ourselves in an attempt to “protect” ourselves from the “evil” influences of the world and thus more and more we have absolutely no effect on bringing new believers into the kingdom of GOD.
wouldn’t it be a great thing if the southern baptist convention resolved to become increasingly involved within the public school system to help correct it’s problems? i guess that probably won’t be considered very strongly.
i once heard someone tell a story of hearing a preacher tell a bunch of college kids the following:
when you were born you cried and everyone else was smiling. the question you have to ask yourselves is if you have lived such a life that when you die you will be the one smiling and everyone else will be crying
friday, i went to the funeral of my uncle david (actually my great uncle david). it was obvious to me at least that he had lived such a life – a life of meaning and purpose. the room was full of people who were truly thankful for the part that david played in their lives and were going to miss him. it wasn’t a small funeral. the room was packed. it wasn’t packed because uncle david was a celebrity or a person of importance or note. it was full because david had consistently lived out a life that was faithful.
i’m sure david was smiling friday and i know that there were many people in that church auditorium that were crying.
i really wish that there was a group in baton rouge like worship freehouse or grace. there may be one but i’m unable to locate it. it would be nice to regularly get together with some people who are dealing with the same mental struggles that my wife and i are. it would be nice to hang out with some people who are struggling through what it means to be the bride of CHRIST.
friday i had to drive from coosa county, alabama to kiln, mississippi to be with adam during the parent night of the boy scout camp he had been on. along the way i decided to stop and get a diet coke. i stopped in a really small area of mississippi. one that had a real “deliverance” feel to it. i stopped at a convenience store and walked in to get my desired drink.
have you ever noticed how sometimes you can just sense that something is a little different a person? you may not have had any conversation or interaction with a person and yet for some reason you know that that person is going to be interesting in a weird sort of way. i love those people. you always get the best stories out of them.
well the 20-something year old cashier at this store was full of that “interesting person” vibe. i knew the second i saw her that should would be an odd person to be around. i grabbed my diet coke and walk up to her and made a little small talk. she calculated what i owed for the drink and told me the price. i paid her and started to turn to leave. that when she said to me “now go be a good puppy.”
i guess some of y’all may have had this statement made to you but i haven’t. i’ve never really be trained in my life to know what the correct response to such a statement is. so i did the only thing i knew to do. i stopped, turned around, and stared at her in complete confusion. i guess i figured by looking at her i would be able to determine what in the world she meant. i couldn’t. so i just kept on staring. the cashier apparently noticed my confusion and thought that i had merely not heard her. so she started to say the statement again but this time she waved the back of her hand at me like she was shooing something away. she waved her hand and once again said, “now go be a good puppy.”
i still didn’t know what to do. in fact, at this moment i still can’t figure out what the correct response to such a statement is. at that time i just turned back around and walked out of the store figuring maybe she was reminding me not to pee on the floor. all i know is that i’m trying to be “a good puppy.” whatever that means.
