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ya never know who you’re talking to
I was at the gym…getting ready to leave (which consists of putting on clean clothes and leaving the smelly locker room as fast as possible), and I overhear this dude say, “yup, sure didn’t want to lose this championship ring…”
ok, so that caught my attention. i’m a pretty outgoing guy, so I pipe up and ask, “sir, what championship are you speaking of?”
“the NBA.”
[heart starts pumping faster and faster – it’s true…I get star struck pretty easy]
“wow” I say. “that’s cool”
we proceed to chat and I find out that I am talking to Spencer Haywood, NBA legend. He got the ring playing for the Lakers. His number (24) was retired just 2 years ago by the Seattle Sonics. He has a gold medal from the 1968 Olympics.
and I was talking to him at the gym.
wow.
[pictured below: Spencer Haywood dunking. for the record…his shorts were longer yesterday when I met him]
Goin’ all the way – week 2
Sunday February 15, 2009 – Velocity Service || 6p
For a synopsis of week one, click here.
Series: Goin’ all the way
Talk: Love
Summary: John 15:13 and 1 John 3:16 lay it out there. [real] love is laying your life down for someone else. Jesus was the example. we are to follow. what does that look like for a high school student? putting ones own agenda aside for another person is certainly difficult, but it is what we are called to do…in every relationship, not just dating/marriage.
Bottom Line: Love is sacrifice
Creative Elements: we showed 2 videos. this one. and that one.
Song List: You’ll come, Lead me to the cross, Better is one day
weekend update
friday was another relaxing day. had the opportunity to go to the gym after work…which is pretty rare. I settled in at my favorite coffee establishment and read “tribes.”
saturday started with me sleeping in. awesome. I really enjoyed the down time. went to the gym again (trying to reach my goal). then settled in at the aforementioned coffee place to edit some videos and put some work into my talk for Velocity.
sunday is sunday. I get up. workout. coffee shop. church. home. sleep. routine is good, reliable, steady. I like routine.
book i’m in the midst of: still need to finish Tribes. started Crazy Love, which I’m excited about. also still reading The Blessed Life.
on my to-do-list this week: create the summer trips packet. continue to dream up our local mission trip. this is the first year Velocity will do something local instead of international. with the economy the way it is, I thought it wise to stay cheap…this way families will have one less “stresser” in their life…and hopefully more students will be involved.
how I feel about this week: I am speaking in RustProof this upcoming weekend, so I am excited for the opporunity. too often I don’t realize the impact of speaking in front students, which in turn doesn’t give me the drive I need to sit down and prepare the best talk possible. workin’ on it.
blogs i’ve recently started following:
- Jarrett Stevens (North Point Community Church)
- Rick W. Smith (great blog. website coming soon)
- John Saddington (Creative Web Director @ North Point)
currently stressed about: the “scroll up” function on my apple mouse ball does not work.
our blog is not our God
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I am broken.
I care entirely too much about what you think of me.
And you care entirely too much about what I think of you.
The truth is we both suck.
So we admit things that suck about ourselves on our blogs and so that we get praised for admitting that we suck.
See how broken that is?
So in this brokenness of inward focused admittance of suckiness so that we don’t feel so sucky…
Remember…
“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” – Matthew 6:5
Just a reminder to confess before the Lord before we confess to one another.
Because in spite of what we may accidentally believe…
Our Blog is not our God.
In the spirit of competition
I heart Mac
We recently replaced our volunteer computer (PC) with a Mac Mini. 1) The PC was outdated and running slower than the first computer ever made 2) Let’s face it, Mac is better than PC. Enjoy this brilliant video:
Well, what do you think?
Emerge 2009
We finally settled some details and are opening registration for our Spring Weekend Experience for Velocity. Below is the graphic (used for our Facebook Event).
being a dad has to be fun
especially when you get to film moments like this…
Adam Mashni 