Category: personal

this story is so cool.

western oregon and central washington are playing the game that will determine who has the lead in their ncaa division ii conference (which is important for the tournament). senior sara tucholsky hits the only homerun of her college career and as she is running the bases misses first base. she turns around to go back at touch the base and her knee suddenly goes out. while she lays on the ground the team and officials realize that if anyone from her own team touches her then she is out. their only option appears to be for a pitch runner to come in for her on first base and thus her homerun would be erased (again the only one of her college career). this is when a senior on the other team comes up and asks to carry her around the bases. this is amazing sports*woman*ship.

grant posted concerning a post on tom peter’s blog concerning his thoughts for leaders. it’s good stuff.

i think my favorite is …

6. make sure that you spend your time on the things you say are your priorities.
if you say you love GOD, spend time with HIM. if you say you love people, spend time with them.

SIDE NOTE – i finished the nomadic church: growing your congregation withou owning a building and it was excellent. obviously, i’m not an expert on this because we haven’t started services at tapestry (of course, i still won’t be an expert after we start services). it has such great advice in it while still covering theology & theory concerning why you would want a nomaid church. if i were making a list of “must reads” for church planters this book would definitely be on that list.

i just checked my email and noticed a message from my mother concerning my last post. she pointed out that what they are doing is not incredible. i had forgotten about an incident that she reminded me of. when i was much younger and living in dothan, alabama we could hear the screams of a mother two blocks over. she was screaming because he son had decided to skateboard while holding onto his mother’s car bumper. she didn’t know this and backed up instead of pulling forward. the thought of a mother being the means of her own child’s death is not something i want to remember.

so what they are doing is not incredible. it’s stupid.

but it would be cool if done by professional stunt people under a controlled environment.

this is a video of three people in saudia arabia hanging outside a car and doing what appears to be ice skating. i have no idea how they would do or why they would do it but its quite amazing to watch.

ADDENDUM: THIS IS REALLY STUPID FOR ANYONE TO DO AND WHILE I ENJOY WATCHING THE VIDEO I COMMAND THAT NO ONE THAT I KNOW DO THIS EVER. I ALSO FORBID ANYONE TO DO THIS THAT IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL STUNT PERSON.

our friendly anonymous graphic designer has sent me the color scheme she has been working on.

i asked her for earthy/gritty colors. i like them. still i’m going to mull them over for a few days. any thoughts?

there are a lot of reasons that i get excited when i think of tapestry finally being launched (it’s happening september 14th) but today i developed a new one. it’s not a very important one but it make me smile. when tapestry is finally having public worship services we’ll have sermon series and eventually we’ll end up talking about sex and the bible. today while i was driving to madison, wisconsin to meet with some church planters from virginia i came up with the greatest sex sermon series title ever. it is …

it makes me smile just thinking about it.
🙂

SIDE NOTE – if any of y’all steal this from me before i get to use it i am going to hunt you down with dogs and tear your tongue out through your left ear. i’m serious about this.

SIDE SIDE NOTE – i just watched this video of a golden eagle killing three different mountain goats by throwing them off of cliffs. i thought the bald eagles that we see around central wisconsin were large but these birds are huge, and apparently tough as nails.

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.

after months of cold and snow spring has come to central wisconsin. it was 62 degrees today and absolutely gorgeous. yes there is still some snow in our front yard but probably 70% of the snow in the area has finally melted. it’s great. the flowers should come soon now and that’s going to be even better. it’s so much easier to appreciate the spring when you’ve been surrounded by snow for 4 months. i liked the snow when it was here and i like it even better now knowing how much more grateful it makes me for the thaw. because of this great weather my long run today was just wonderful.

SIDE NOTE – a&e is presently showing the godfather series on saturday nights. oh how i love the godfather films and book.