I was reading Seth Godin today and he talks about the passion / pop gulf.  Its a place where a business gets stuck in the middle of becoming truly authentic, who they are, working out of their passion.  And moving towards pop culture where the crowds are.  Many times we find ourselves in the gulf, not doing either very well.  Here is what it looks like. 

I began to wonder if churches find themselves in this same place.  Church plants usually start with passion, with vision, and energy.  But sooner or later you find yourself concerned with attendance and you begin to move toward the pop culture, where the numbers are.

  I  will have to ponder this a little longer, but I believe that we may have found ourselves in this place about a year ago.  Taking the advice of Seth means you have to make a decision where you will live.  I hope we are choosing passion over pop.

Que Pasa?

I am leaving for one of my favorite place on earth today.  I am heading down with the guys from www.weekendmissions.com to do some projects on Saturday. I think we are going to be joined 60 others from a number of different churches around the area.  I look so forward to these trips, they give me so much energy.  There is nothing better than serving others to fuel your own life.

Hope to have some great stories to share upon my return. Until then adios!

Okay, i have tried to keep quiet my internal feelings about my Phoenix Suns.  I have only once let go a rant about their inability to hold a lead, or put away an opponent.  I think I have come to some kind of peace after watching them lose in the first round once again to the dreaded Sturns.  Its just a game right?  It really means nothing in the scope of things?  Seasons come and seasons go, you win some you lose some.  So for now i will seek closure with the suns, let them ride off into the orange sunset for another season.  Besides the D backs are on fire and they have 140 games to go….

See ya in October Suns.

Funny little ditty about being the wife of a preacher.  I am very lucky to have a great wife that lets me tell stories.

check it out.

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I don’t normally recommend books, mostly because the stuff I read would bore most.  But I just finished The Shack by William Young, and I highly recommend you read it.  It moved me to tears, it caused me to drift off into dreams, it lifted my soul.  Its an amazing read.  Pick it up on amazon our at your local book store.,

Okay, I need to vent.  I am a life long Phoenix Suns fan. I can remember watching Gar Heard shot the shot heard round the world in 1976.  I was there when KJ, Majarle, and the boys moved from the Mad House on Mcdowell into the friendly confines of America West Arena. We owned season tickets the first three years.  Sec 201, row 2 seats 1 and 2, how sweet it was.  I saw a young Shaq rip down the basket live and in person on one of his first visits to Phoenix. 

Now I have to vent.

What in the wide world of sports was that thing I witnessed last night?  I haven’t seen that epic of a meltdown since Phil the trill choked away the open.  We had 2 points in the first 9 minutes of the third quarter!  Two lousy points?  I think me and my kids could have put up two points.  Unbelievable!  Are you kidding me?  That was about a low point for me as a Suns fan as I can every remember. And that’s all I have to say about that.

Okay, I got that off my chest, thanks for listening.  Stay tuned for my rant on Saturday.  They better win Friday night.

This taken from Eric Bryants blog, its to funny not to pass on.

Years ago I heard of a fast food conspiracy from my uncle Dale and cousin Adam. It seemed improbable at first, but I have been noticing more and more that the fast food companies across the United States have an agenda - a spiritual agenda. If you don’t believe me, just check out this evidence:

1. In-N-Out (one of the best hamburgers in the world) includes Bible verses on the bottoms of their cups.

2. McDonald’s uses the Golden Arches to promote their food. Where did they get this idea? Perhaps from the description of heaven in Revelation 21:18-21

3. On the other side of the spiritual realm, notice that Subway’s logo includes the devil’s tail:

… and where do subways operate? Below ground.

4. Church’s Chicken seems too obvious.

5. Recently Popeye’s changed their logo to try and hide their agenda, but notice their original logo which reveals an obvious bias. It doesn’t say “popeyes” but “pope yes” and apparently the pontiff enjoys chicken and biscuits.

6. Finally, one more example from Jack-in-the-Box. See if you can spot the message they hope to communicate:

Can you see it? It doesn’t say simply “Jack-in-the-Box” but says “Jack-in-the-B Jesus fish.”

Have you noticed the conspiracy?

Here is a draft of our first concept for our new home.  thanks go out to
Mary and Matt for getting this on paper.  Its an awesome concept, and we
pray that God continues to provide for the dream to come true. 

What do you think?

Sports Geezer came out with information that taking ibuprofen can help build and strengthen muscles. If this is true I should be getting huge.

Ibuprofen Appears to Help Build Muscle