The live Remedy Club Tour DVD is on sale tomorrow.  I went this evening and saw it in theaters, and it’s pretty stinkin’ good.

NorthRidge Church launched a Small Group campaign this weekend entitled “Go Small.”  With a church as large as NorthRidge, one has to wonder how anyone gets connected.  This is our attempt.  If you are interested in getting connected at NorthRidge, check out their “Get Small” event September 19.

(I haven’t found a way to “invert” photos with my Mac)

Today was the day we “cleaned up” our office to get it ready to be painted.  We moved all our cubes and storage units to the center of the room.  I’ll hopefull have a pic up soon.

On another note, the Olympics are underway!  It’s always great to see countries gather under one roof for some wholesome competition.  We won’t mention the 7 or so athletes that were sent home due to drug use.

Let’s hope the men’s basketball team can pull off some wins.  Maybe even bring home a medal.

There are probably more, but here are 5 things I love about Cedar Point:

1. The Raptor (of course – although “the maverick” is coming dangerously close to becoming my favorite ride)
2. The wide variety of people you encounter (did you see that guys hair?!)
3. The fact that only half of the staff speak English
4. Every ride is different (you never leave a ride saying, “that was just like…”)
5. It is home to one of the few Chick-Fil-A’s north of the Mason-Dixon line (need I say more?)

There you have it.  As long Sandusky, OH keeps those juicy chicken sandwiches around, you better believe I’ll keep going back!

I spent most of the day at my uncles lakehouse in Brighton.  The highlight of the day was going “sailing” with my uncle.  He recently bought two little kayak-looking sail boats (equipped with a little sail that extends 8-10 feet off the boat).  Once you catch wind with that thing there is no stopping you!!

Off to church then putting more thought and time into my message for Velocity.

I am currently at Caribou Coffee listening to Jack Johnson and attempting to organize my thoughts for this week’s message at Velocity.  We are concluding a series entitled “MORE:  Getting the most out of life.”  The past 2 weeks have been great talks about getting MORE joy and wisdom.  This third and final talk is all about getting MORE influence.

I am convinced that life is all about one thing:  God.  Everything else should be in a sub-category that, at the end of the day, is all about furthering what God is doing in our world.  If this is true, then should we not take advantage of every opportunity to further the Kingdom of God?  In every sphere of influence we have, this truth should cause us to leverage that influence for the expansion of God’s Kingdom.

I can now see why God might want us to expand our sphere’s of influence.  By gaining more influence, we gain more opportunities to expand God’s Kingdom.

Huh.

I ate at a delicious “hole-in-the-wall” soul food place today.  It is called Nathan’s and it’s located in Ypsi.  The entire place probably sat 10 people (if that).  For pics, visit http://orangelights.tumblr.com

Tomorrow morning I leave with 33 friends to go White Water Rafting in Ohiopyle, PA.  It is my fourth trip of the summer, and I am feeling a bit lackadaisical (dictionary.com). It is hard to keep the enthusiasm when there is so much work to be done at home.

peace.

This song rocks.  The post below it explains the story behind the song.  

Take some time to watch this.  One of those “goose-bump” videos.

A shot of our team in the Bahamas.  Also a pic of Ms. Moxey with Lauren and I.  She has an amazing story…I’ll have to tell ya sometime.