Friday Reflections

• I'm glad this week is over...real busy...a meeting every night!!!


• We're putting hymns to blues music this weekend at Compass Point and I get to play guitar. I'm stoked!!!


• Apparently it was "Don't Respond To Emails & Phone Calls" week for my friends and staff...and I didn't get the memo. Shawn Lovejoy does have a legitimate excuse though.


• In studying Scripture I'm beginning to question whether confronting people through online means (blog, email, etc.) is even Biblical???


• Was looking forward to beating Travis Johnson in fantasy football...but apparently he doesn't know how to use a computer any better than a cell phone. :-)


• It's official...I'm hated by online discerning ministries, Islamic extremists, Friends of Emergent and prosperity preaching pastors. It's funny...they all claim to be "right" and "holy"...yet all of their hateful emails look the same...I really can't tell the difference.


• Denise and I are dog-sitting for my parents this weekend and working in our storage shed. It's truly going to be a "labor day".


• I am sending Perry Noble a Bible and the "Four Spiritual Laws" tract. Anyone that hates cats needs to get saved. :-)


• Facebook has become a complete bore for me...the exclusivity and coolness has worn off with everyone having an account. Just because I once met someone at a conference doesn't mean I give a rip about their favorite movie or want to be a part of their "Fans Of Spurgeon" club!


• Note to "watchdogs"...I'm not Emergent...ask them...they'll tell you!


• I'm stoked about shooting small birds with a gun in a few weeks (a.k.a., dove season).


• Blogging is starting to lose it's luster.


• Growth is fun and exciting...but also painful.


• The only people that actually know what I mean when I say "loud, rude and obnoxious" are folks that have been around Compass Point for a while. The rest of you are just living up to what they say about assuming.


• Apparently the Internet is all ga-ga about two women in town that have started "Christian" pole dancing. However, the only thing people are talking about around Lakeland is which one will get the private corporate jet....Randy or Paula?


• In and around the meetings this week I've been able to do some shepherding (hospital visits, one-on-one discipleship, personal mentoring, accountability conversations, etc.)....which is my favorite part of this thing called pastoring!!!