just put ping on my cell. Now you can know my every going on! Lucky for you!

is home from the Y. Miscellaneous for the rest of the day!

is going to call it a day.

officially headed to the "king of all fast food" - McDonalds! Then off to 'the music man' - jr. high version.

is done setting up a www.ping.fm account. Let's see if it works!

The Road

Today I had a great conversation with my pastor about what the life of a follower of Christ should look like. He gave a great analogy that hopefully I can relate to you.

Following Christ is like driving down a road with a ditch on either side of the road. On one side you can label the ditch "all grace - live as you want." On the other side you can label the ditch "legalism."

Here is the reality, when we follow Christ we want to stay on the road in between "all grace - live as you want" and "legalism."

"The challenge of following Christ is staying balanced in an out of balance
world."

We can't fall in the ditch of "all grace - live as you want" because Paul said in the book of Romans; "should I go on sinning that grace may abound? Absolutely not!"

On the other hand, we can't fall in the ditch of "legalism" because Jesus said; "he who is without sin cast the first stone."

The truth is that our goal is to be like Christ.

I think that striving to be like Christ is staying on the road not in the ditch.

New Beginnings

Today, we engaged in a newcomer's lunch at COB, and what a wonderful time that it was. It was nice for a few reasons:

1) It is refreshing to once again talk about the vision.
2) It is refreshing to see 'that look.' ('That look' is the look in the eyes of someone that 'buys into' your vision.)
3) It is refreshing to begin new relationships.
4) Beginnings are just refreshing because you get to 'start anew' and see what God does.

Lord, help COB as we bring into our family a new group of people. Give us fresh energy to follow the vision that you have given us to worship you, preach the word, engage in community, and share our witness.