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Category: Thoughts (page 13 of 15)

November 25, 2007 / 2 Comments

On the Outside, Looking In…

That’s what I’ve felt like all day today. Very weird. While I was waiting backstage to speak at Fusion this morning, it felt like I was watching someone else waiting backstage to speak. And when I started, it seemed like I was watching someone else speaking. It was all kind of a blur, and I’m not sure that’s a good thing.

Oh, well…

Anyway, got the usual attaboys from  Tony‘s folks. Had a big time, hope it was good for somebody. Hope Jesus was lifted up. Hope I didn’t cause any problems.

Seth and the band rocked. Adam was a gracious host. The new digs are pretty cool (except there was no eau de popcorn lingering in the air, no place to pay the Macy’s bill on the way in and out of church, no mall security to tell me I was parking in the wrong place, etc.). They even laughed politely at my stories. God is good. Thanks to Tony for the opportunity!

November 24, 2007 / 1 Comment

Saturday Night Unwind, 11.24.07…

Celtic Christmas II

Listening to Windham Hill’s Celtic Christmas II tonight…very laid back, “new agey” wintery, Christmasy kind of stuff, drinking the last of a bag of Sumatra.

Here’s what’s occupying my time and my thoughts, as though you really cared…

  • The Georgia-Georgia Tech game was really over before it ever got started, if you ask me. I think Georgia was toying with us the whole game, and had they wanted to, they could have scored 60 points tonight, easy. Just my opinion, your mileage may vary.
  • Say goodnight, Coach Gailey.
  • Now Georgia is in what appears to be a real good position: They’ll be in at least the Top 5 tomorrow, they won’t have to be humiliated and/or banged up in the SEC Championship game next week, who knows where they may end up?
  • All that being said, I still don’t think you ought to have any shot of playing for all the marbles if you don’t even win your conference.
  • And all that being said, here’s another year of having to listen to obnoxious Georgia fans barking. Ugh!
  • I’m really getting nervous about preaching at Tony’s place tomorrow. I don’t know why.
  • The A-Team will be handling things at The ‘Crest tomorrow! Go guys!
  • It’s raining at my house! Yea!
  • I’m kind of glad this week is over…long trips and all. Good trips, very good Thanksgiving celebrations in both ends of our great state. I’ll be glad to be back to somewhat-normal.
  • I’ve got to hit the Y hard next week!
  • Just about finished with J. I. Packer’s Knowing God.
  • Really digging the ESV!
  • Really want to see Bella and Enchanted.
  • Really want to take the lovely and gracious “Mrs. Just Charlie” to see Nutcracker this year.
  • Really want to catch the Impressionism exhibit at the High Museum.
  • Really want to do a good job tomorrow.
  • Worried about being without a cell phone until Monday.
November 16, 2007 / 0 Comments

Mullet Ministries…

One of my buddies at the YMCA reported this morning on a conversation he had with his mom about Joel Osteen…

My mom’s 80 years old and she said, “The boy’s got a mullet! How can you even listen to someone who preaches with a mullet?!?!”

Too funny…especially hearing this particular guy tell it in his own inimitable style!

October 30, 2007 / 0 Comments

What Happened?

Man! Today started out great! I mean really great!

Then somewhere along the way, it just got out of sync. Nothing really bad happened,  no major catastrophes, just a general kind of weirdness, a funk that just sort of set in around mid-morning. Go figure…

October 27, 2007 / 0 Comments

And Yet One More…

 UPDATE, 10.29.07…My bad…I forgot there was one in between!

Sorry…reading the crow-and-humble pie posts now appearing on many FloriDUH fans’ blogs – and you know who you are! – reminds me…

  • There’s only one college football coach I can think of that might have a shot at replacing one named Spurrier as the official Just Charlie Most Despicable College Football Coach. And it’s the guy who replaced the guy who replaced one named Spurrier at “that place” where jean shorts and stupid shark motions prevail.

OK, that’s it…I think…

October 27, 2007 / 0 Comments

College Football Thoughts…

Just some stuff running through my head on game day today…

  • The Number One Rule of College Football: Always, I mean always root against the team that wears orange. Quick – think of a college football team. Is there any hint of orange in their colors? They are worthless.
  • Corollary 1a to The Number One Rule of College Football: The rule gets a little bent when both teams playing each other are wearing orange. Solution: Pray for a scoreless tie through regulation, then hope the field swallows up both teams just as overtime starts.
  • Corollary 1b to The Number One Rule of College Football: The only real exception to the orange rule may be when the team in orange is playing a team coached by anyone named Spurrier. Tough call. See the solution in Corollary 1a. It applies here as well.
  • I’m not a big fan of the University of Georgia. I’m not not a fan, it’s just that I’m not crazy about some of their fans. That being said, it is always a good thing for a team that fits The Number One Rule of College Football and whose fans make stupid shark-like motions while the band plays “Jaws” (even though the stupid mascot is a reptile, not a dangerous fish!) to get whipped in the world’s largest cocktail party!
  • Although I’m not a big Georgia fan, I get to be more of a Mark Richt fan every week.
  • My favorite college football coach at this moment is Joe Paterno.
  • The SEC is – in my humble opinion – hands down, the best conference in college football.
  • Likewise, the Pac-10, for all the hype, is not the best
  • Strange, the most knowledgeable college football fan I know is a 70-something year-old woman at the YMCA. Who goes to every – yes, every Georgia game (home and away), and has for over 50 years!
  • Also strange, hearing the Most Knowledgeable College Football Fan talking to one of the other 50-60-something year-old women at the YMCA. Who knows almost as much as The Most Knowledgeable College Football Fan.
  • Happy Homecoming at Georgia Southern! Go Eagles!
  • Whatever your team, this college football season is turning out to be one of the wildest ever!

Those are my thoughts on game day. Of course, your mileage may vary…

October 14, 2007 / 0 Comments

From the Weekend…

Just some stuff from the last couple of days…

  • Love the high 40s in the mornings!
  • Love the clear blue skies!
  • Kind of hoping and praying that those clear blue skies will turn a little overcast and wet later this week!
  • Saturday road trip with the lovely and gracious “Mrs. Just Charlie” was a mixed bag.
  • Road trip report #1: Great to just hop in the car with destination in mind, but not under any schedule, time constraints, pressure, etc. (Should have had the Rain Man soundtrack on in the car, I guess!)
  • Road trip report #2: From the time I turned off the main road to get to the Ellijay Apple Festival, I sat in major traffic for over 37 minutes! Seems a few thousand of our closest friends decided to take the same Saturday road trip! Bottom line: We passed by the festival site, but didn’t even stop!
  • Road trip report #3: Fresh, hot fried apple pies at the B.J. Reece Apple House…mmm, mmm, GREAT! Add in a few minutes picking a bag of Winesaps, and it’s even better!
  • Road trip report #4: I love where we live! North Georgia in the fall is outstanding!
  • Road trip report #5: The road to Amicalola Falls was worse than the road to the Apple Festival. Paid our $3 daily park fee, and found that there was not a single parking space to be found inside the park! Drove through, drove up to the Lodge, drove back down and around the pool at the base of the falls, and headed out the exit! The most people I’ve ever seen at that place! Ever!
  • Road trip report #6: Coffee from Starbucks, $4.73. Rhythm Country and Blues CD, forgotten in the car, $9.98 original price. Spending the entire day, unhurried and unscheduled, with the lovely and gracious “Mrs. Just Charlie”…well, you know the rest!
  • Jackets win! Eagles snatch defeat from the jaws of victory! Classy move by Coach Richt after Georgia survives at Vandy. And hey! How ’bout them Kentucky Wildcats!?!?!
  • 3 miles around Heritage Park is a good way to cap off a fall Saturday!
  • Slim crowd at church today. Good preaching. My new favorite song? In Christ Alone, by Stuart Townend.
  • Pretty good leadership team meeting this afternoon.
  • Even slimmer crowd for the evening service. GREAT teaching from Colossians!
  • A cup of green tea and cooling out. Won’t be long ’til head hits pillow…good night!
October 8, 2007 / 0 Comments

What I’m Hearing from God Today…

What are you hearing today?

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