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Friday Free-For-All
08/08/2008 16:48 Past Posts &
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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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