Wild Goose Chase

I just received my copy of "Wild Goose Chase" by Mark Batterson. I am really excited to read this book because his last book "In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day" was so good. I had a chance to meet Mark Batterson in Washington D.C. in May 2007. He was such a gracious host, fun to talk with, and very excited to share all that God is doing at NCC. What I remember most about Mark is that when he talks to you personally or even when your in a crowd it feels like he's about to hug you at any moment! Pretty funny!
I am very excited to read this book!

Crash

Friday August 21st, I saw a car crash. This crash was totally preventable and might be one of the most common types of car crashes. Dude backed out of his drive way going way to fast and hit a car parked in his own drive way! The dude jumped out of the car, said some choice words and ran inside to tell his Mom that he had just hit her car! Funny stuff!
Pastor Brian just told me that on his vacation last week, one of the people in their party backed into their Mom's car! He damaged not only his Mother's car, but his in-laws car as well!
Be careful in your driveway!

Why I love Vacation

Family
Rest
Time with God without as much distraction!
Water-skiing and wake-boarding!
Eating lots of food!
Golfing
Peanuts, Diet Pop, and red vines are essential!
Oh, and lots of sleep!

Vacation

Having a blast wakeboarding! The fall on this jump attempt was pretty painful but totally worth it. This was on blue lake in Coulee City, were are heading to Diamond Lake today! More fun ahead!

IPHONE Rocks!

T-MOBILE is trying to catch up to the IPHONE with a new phone that is made by HTC powered by a new Google software called Android. It's supposed to be a touch screen and have the ability to slide open to reveal a key pad to type on. According to the New York times this new phone should be out by Christmas or as early as October for Americans.
I am sorry but the IPHONE rains supreme! I have one, love it, and I don't believe T-Mobile has a chance! Even with the monster company Google on their side...
But we shall see!

How happy are you?

How happy are you? This is definitely and odd question. How do you judge the level of your happiness? Is it the amount of laughs in a day? The amount smiles? Good vibrations (Beach Boys). I think being happy is elusive and something that we shouldn't be chasing as Christians. Pastor Brian Dolleman taught our church (Fairwood Church)that happiness is the sumof happenings that creates joy or sorrow in our lives. However, Joy is Christ working in our hearts which allows us to create an atmosphere of contentment, satisfaction, and peace that passes understanding. This kind of Joy really is only found through Christ.
So instead of pursing happiness, I think we should be pursuing Joy!
What do you think?

Anger

I have always loved competition especially in sports. However, I have to admit that at times I have let my competitive attitude go a little to far. The worst it ever got was when I was a junior in high school. I actually broke my hand punching a padded wall after misting a shot in a open gym basketball game. I was so embarrassed that I didn't even feel the pain in my hand. I knew that I had crossed the line.

I have learned from that experience and many other experiences that self control and discipline not only help you become a better person but actually help you perform at a higher level. People who let their emotions get out of hand actually lose focus on the task at hand and perform poorly. Paraphrasing something I heard Michael Jordan once say, "you must channel your anger to fuel your play instead of getting even or just losing it!"
I really like that!

Ecclesiastes 5:2

"Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth so let your words be few."

Listening to hear the voice of God continues to be a journey of peaks and valleys in my life. One of the most powerful moments of sensing the Power of God in my life was in my office, silently laying on the floor listening for God to speak. I truly felt swept away by God and I knew without a doubt that he had everything under control! It was indescribable! I found freedom and strength in God simply by listening to him.
Try it, let me know how it goes!

Healer

I just watched two videos from you tube that really inspired me to put all my trust, faith, and hope in Jesus. I am putting this link in my blog, hope it blesses you as it blessed me!

1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ_ny8hMgRY&NR=1

2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4xsWldmqAo&feature=related

Team Church!

Had a great week with our staff at the "Team Church" conference at The Champion Centre in Tacoma! My favorite speaker was Craig Groeshel from LifeChurch.tv.
One of my favorite thoughts that he shared was "When you obey God, press through, you will wake up with uncommon clarity."
Life gets better the more obedient we are to Christ!

Approval=Condemning?

Romans 14:22 So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God, Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

I was in 8th grade playing lots of basketball! A new movie came out called "The Air up there". I spent the night at a friends house and we rented this movie. I had never seen the movie before, but my enthusiasm got me a little carried away. I told my friends parents that this movie was the best movie ever, that we had to watch it, and that they would love it! So... We all sat down to watch it, unfortunately we got about 5min into the movie and the parents turned it off! The cursing was so pervasive that we had to turn it off! I was so embarrassed, I was the Pastor's son and I brought garbage into the home of a family in our Church! Not cool!

Be careful of what you approve!