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Friday Free-For-All
08/08/2008 16:48
Here’s my
rendition of a Friday Five (all apologies to
Erica for stealing her
concept):
Five Thoughts About August:
1.
Our anniversary is August 1.
It’s a great way to begin any month on a positive note. This year was #27 for Ann and me.
2. Some of the hottest, most humid days of a northern, midwestern summer come in August.
This means it’s State Fair season, time for schools to start and begin administering standardized tests in buildings that really don’t have air-conditioning.
3.
School sports begin.
My kids are no longer “mine” only; the football and soccer coaches think they own them for a while. If that’s the case, then I’ll start sharing the gas bill with them for all the back and forth driving to practices... at separate times!
4.
September is coming.
This means cooler temps (although this morning began at 56º so I guess I’m getting an early reprieve.
5. Pastorally speaking, it’s the “slowest” part of the summer.
This allows me to have the time needed to “ramp it up” for a sermon series on Ephesians beginning in September, a new Adult Bible Class based on Jerry Bridges’ book, Respectable Sins, and a Bible study going through the book of Acts. And that’s just for Sundays!
Miscellaneous Thoughts:
Read this. Apparently it wasn’t
her best life yet. Maybe it’s yet to come in a
little while?
And this was a very discouraging post. If Frank’s in the top 5%, then I think I know where that puts me.
Five Thoughts About August:
It’s a great way to begin any month on a positive note. This year was #27 for Ann and me.
2. Some of the hottest, most humid days of a northern, midwestern summer come in August.
This means it’s State Fair season, time for schools to start and begin administering standardized tests in buildings that really don’t have air-conditioning.
My kids are no longer “mine” only; the football and soccer coaches think they own them for a while. If that’s the case, then I’ll start sharing the gas bill with them for all the back and forth driving to practices... at separate times!
This means cooler temps (although this morning began at 56º so I guess I’m getting an early reprieve.
5. Pastorally speaking, it’s the “slowest” part of the summer.
This allows me to have the time needed to “ramp it up” for a sermon series on Ephesians beginning in September, a new Adult Bible Class based on Jerry Bridges’ book, Respectable Sins, and a Bible study going through the book of Acts. And that’s just for Sundays!
Miscellaneous Thoughts:
And this was a very discouraging post. If Frank’s in the top 5%, then I think I know where that puts me.
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Trying a Makeover
08/04/2008 22:22
Purgatorio's Back
01/14/2008 16:51
For the
great multitude of you that read this
blog...
Okay, for the 100s of you that...
Blast! All right, already. For the 3 or 4 of you that read this blog, I'd like to direct your attention to a blog that was around for a long time, took a bit of a hiatus and is now back. Great stuff. Hilarious stuff. And some serious stuff on occasion too.
I present to you... (drum roll, please)
Okay, for the 100s of you that...
Blast! All right, already. For the 3 or 4 of you that read this blog, I'd like to direct your attention to a blog that was around for a long time, took a bit of a hiatus and is now back. Great stuff. Hilarious stuff. And some serious stuff on occasion too.
I present to you... (drum roll, please)
I think
you'll enjoy Marc's sense of humor, spot-on sightings
of really bad Christian kitsch in culture, an
occasional serious posting, and, yes, I'll admit, I'm
nearly addicted to his "Divine Vinyl" (gag, wretch,
stomach flip-flops... I've seen album covers my
parents used to have!) He does all the things I wish
I had time to do! Great to have you back,
Marc.