The Way

This is one of the those posts that might be better left unsaid for fear that I am going to bring some kind of wrath down on myself, but alas,  I press on with the posting anyway. Lately, actually pretty much always, it seems that many people I know are in a constant state of spinning and many of those "many spinning" are on the brink of or are "out of control." I first have to admit that I tend to be a "low-key, sort of take things as they come", kind of person. I do not get rattled or overwhelmed very often. Some of that can be interpreted as "not caring" or "too dumb to realize how dire the straits are" or just to lazy to get engaged. I admit, sometime I get tired and some things that come along just are not worth the energy. But there are those I observe where EVERYTHING in life is a 14 on a ten point scale. There is no margin for when something really big or catastrophic or stressful comes along. If you are always pegging the ...

At times I have these episodes of ranting, throwing up on a page and sort of "going off" on things that irritate or frustrate me. I am normally easy-going, docile, and pretty conservative about what I comment on. Too many times I am guilty of commenting on things/issues that I know very little about but come across as authoritative (at least in my own mind). With all that said, there are a couple of things I feel compelled to comment on that in my opinion are good examples of overreaching. One is the Roger Goodell and New Orleans Saints Bountygate issue. I am in no way supporting a system that would intentionally pay players to go "take out" people on the field, but, the NFL has a system set up for on the field play that monitors and controls the games. Officials are there to flag any plays that are deemed outside the rules of play. Mr.Goodell has been given too much authority and has over reached his responsibility in my opinion. The whole Penn State deb...

I volunteer once per month to work with three-year-olds during worship. (I should know what ETC stands for but I don't but evidently that is what our church calls what I have volunteered to do.) I always go in ready to learn something (and hopefully, come out alive!) Today was no exception. Our lesson was on Peter being prayed for by his friends while he was in prison; the angel appearing to Peter saying, "You are free to leave this prison"; and then Peter appearing to his friends who had prayed for him. There were interjections throughout the story by the students and I am listing a sample of them below: Question asked during the lesson - "Do you remember ever praying as a family for someone who needed prayer?" Answer by 3 year old S - "We never pray at our house! Well, we pray for meals." I am sure the parents would be mortified. I know them. They are praying people. Me - "So, how did you cut your thumb?" "I cut it while I was op...

Sometimes it seems that time just gets away and I look up and realize I have not blogged in way too long. I will try and correct that. This past month has been fairly busy with work related travel to MO, Jackson, TN; New Orleans; New Mexico and a little family travel to GA to see Morgan and Mark who are working at WinShape Camps. Wedding plans seem to be going very well and Sondra and Shelbi are doing a great job of getting things done and getting along while doing it! They are also frequent repeat offenders to the pool of a friend of ours. It has been oppressively hot the past couple of weeks and extremely dry. Thankful we are not experiencing the fires that many in the West are experiencing. Here are some very encouraging things I have been a part of this month: an historic Southern Baptist Convention where Fred Luter was elected President great times meeting and encouraging adult leaders at FUGE camps in MO, TN, LA & NM training adult leaders who work with students ...