In one of “those” moods tonight…just a bunch of junk in and around my life, it seems. I’ve had the Shane & Shane Psalms on every minute that something else wasn’t happening today. Great stuff…
Archives (page 41 of 165)
Reader’s Digest version of some formerly-fat guy’s talk this evening…
A worthy life is defined by…
- Who I LOVE (v. 37)
- Who’s the LEADER (v. 38)
- What I LIVE FOR (v. 39)
- What I LEAVE that LASTS (v. 40-42)
I mean, EVERYONE!
Let’s just say that if someone had told me 18 months ago what I found out today, I would have laughed ’til I cried…or ’til I died, one or the other!
More details to come later!
Just some stuff that fell out of my brain tonight…
- Thelonius Monk playing solo reminds me of the “gone to the mattresses” scene in The Godfather.
- Even when you’ve been fighting it during your message prep during the week, God can still use you on Sunday.
- Most of the time that means He can get your attention to tell you something – and your hearers just get to listen in.
- I’ve got the best youth pastor in the known world, even if he is just part-time.
- There was a guy at Mill Creek this morning who bore an uncanny resemblance to the one and only Tony McCollum. Oh, wait…
- Sundays before a big Wednesday holiday are just plain weird.
- I still get pumped every time I read the story in 2 Kings 18-19, immortalized by Byron.
- I’d give just about anything to hear Dr. Patrick Spurgeon quote that Byron poem just one more time!
- I guess it was OK to say “fart” in church. Especially since I said it twice. As in “old.”
- Indiana Jones still rocks! Especially when he takes that “leap of faith from the Lion’s Head” and then throws sand back across the previously-unseen bridge!
- Acoustic Sunrise on Dave FM is great!
On the way to Tony’s place this morning, I stopped in for my caffeine fix – venti nonfat latte, three Splendas, thank you very much! – and I saw the next three additions to the Just Charlie music library: Willie Nelson’s Natural Renegade, Summertime Groove, and Big Waves.
BTW, “Misirlou” from Big Waves was playing at both Starbucks I visited today!
I can’t find it on the web anymore, but I’m unwinding tonight to one of the first Hear Music CDs I ever got from Starbucks: Jazz Impressionists. This great compilation features some of the best of Miles, Mingus, Horace Silver, and two of my all-time favorites, Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things” and Thelonius Monk’s classic “Everything Happens to Me.”
Good stuff for a Sunday night unwind!
I’ve been married for half of my life. To the same woman.
To the same gorgeous, lovely, wonderful woman.
Twenty-three years ago today, I stood at the front of Rainbow Park Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia and watched as the most beautiful woman I’ve seen before or since made her grand entrance. Wow!
Twenty-three years later, I wouldn’t trade a minute of the trip. Bumps and all.
Thanks, Buddy, for the greatest half-of-a-life any man could ever want.
EYE HEART U!
If you’re into the blues and big bands, it just doesn’t get any better than B.B. King, Lucille, the GRP All-Stars and Stormy Monday Blues!
Oh, and that would be “DOCTOR B.B. King” to you, buddy!
Overheard today, referring to a pretty well-known young pastor who’s leading his church to some pretty amazing growth…
He’s a crass, arrogant, redneck SOB, but I still believe he’s a man of God, and I believe every word he says!
Came across this quote from General Norman Schwarzkopf…
Your organization will never get better unless you are willing to admit that there is something wrong with it.