Wheee....ow, I bit my tongue...
Oh, man, I hate being sick. I hate having a sore throat...but at least I'm in good company, since almost everyone at church is sick right now (or has just gotten over it). Amber, Brian, Wes, Jordan, and more... And now, it's 5:30 a.m., and I'm sitting her "cringing" in pain every time I have to swallow. Ewww....
But in spite of this, the weekend went very well. On Sunday morning, we pulled off our first-ever live drama at church. Everyone in it was sick...LOL...with everything from sore throats to rashes. But you couldn't tell...the "actors" remembered all their lines and the vocalists could actually sing... I'm still amazed at how well Holly and Heidi did with all of their lines. Wow! They didn't stumble at all. Amber's solo went well, and I think the acoustic worship (carols) went well, too.
Why did we do all this? Mainly, we wanted to use the drama to get people to think...about what Christmas is really all about... We wanted people to laugh...we wanted them to be entertained...but not without the purpose of "priming" their hearts to focus this holiday season on what really matters...that amidst all the shopping, rude people at the mall, heavy traffic, dinner preparation, and all that - that amidst this Christmas is and always will be about the birth of Christ. And I loved Dave's point yesterday morning...that Christ was born in Bethlehem, then moved home to Nazareth ("Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"). He issued a wonderful challenge to us to think about or lives in Decatur. Many of us gripe about Decatur (a lot!) for many reasons...that it's boring or that you can't go anywhere without bumping into people you'd rather not bump into b/c of past pain... But if God can do something wonderful in Bethlehem and Nazareth, he can certainly do something wonderful here in the right armpit of Alabama. It's no Birmingham, it's no Nasvhille, it's no Atlanta...but God's possibilities for Decatur, Crosspoint, and changing this community are endless...in SPITE of our own expectations/limitations. So that's cool to think about? So, do we believe our God is big enough to work in our lives and help us find purpose in this town? Or have we "capped" the possibilities because of our pre-conceptions and past experience? I dunno...I'm just thinking (typing) out loud... It's just something fun to chew on...
Anyway, after church I hooked up with J-mo, Eli, and her family at Camino Real. Pretty good...it was no Guad, though...LOL. Went home...attempted to nap, but nada...so I played around at some Deus Ex: Invisible War on the PC.... When Stace got off work, we went over to Applebee's. As expected, we saw the Root there and talked to him for a bit. Turns out, he missed church 'cause he woke up at 2 p.m. (supwifdat?).
That's it...another weekend gone...now we plunge into Christmas week itself...holy crap, is it here already????
At least my Roland shows up today...WOOHOO!
BTW...what does "updating like a mug" mean (see Chad's site)? Does it mean "I update once a month?" LOL. Throw me a bone here...need info...'bout what's going on in B'ham....
KEY PHRASES: "Kyle, we can be your friends, too...and you don't have to tip us." "Amber, did you wipe the phlegm off the microphone?" "Maybe it would be a good idea to Lysol all the mics...LOL." "Emma, sit down....Emma, sit down...Emma, sit down..." "Can we quit passing this illness around, please?"
But in spite of this, the weekend went very well. On Sunday morning, we pulled off our first-ever live drama at church. Everyone in it was sick...LOL...with everything from sore throats to rashes. But you couldn't tell...the "actors" remembered all their lines and the vocalists could actually sing... I'm still amazed at how well Holly and Heidi did with all of their lines. Wow! They didn't stumble at all. Amber's solo went well, and I think the acoustic worship (carols) went well, too.
Why did we do all this? Mainly, we wanted to use the drama to get people to think...about what Christmas is really all about... We wanted people to laugh...we wanted them to be entertained...but not without the purpose of "priming" their hearts to focus this holiday season on what really matters...that amidst all the shopping, rude people at the mall, heavy traffic, dinner preparation, and all that - that amidst this Christmas is and always will be about the birth of Christ. And I loved Dave's point yesterday morning...that Christ was born in Bethlehem, then moved home to Nazareth ("Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"). He issued a wonderful challenge to us to think about or lives in Decatur. Many of us gripe about Decatur (a lot!) for many reasons...that it's boring or that you can't go anywhere without bumping into people you'd rather not bump into b/c of past pain... But if God can do something wonderful in Bethlehem and Nazareth, he can certainly do something wonderful here in the right armpit of Alabama. It's no Birmingham, it's no Nasvhille, it's no Atlanta...but God's possibilities for Decatur, Crosspoint, and changing this community are endless...in SPITE of our own expectations/limitations. So that's cool to think about? So, do we believe our God is big enough to work in our lives and help us find purpose in this town? Or have we "capped" the possibilities because of our pre-conceptions and past experience? I dunno...I'm just thinking (typing) out loud... It's just something fun to chew on...
Anyway, after church I hooked up with J-mo, Eli, and her family at Camino Real. Pretty good...it was no Guad, though...LOL. Went home...attempted to nap, but nada...so I played around at some Deus Ex: Invisible War on the PC.... When Stace got off work, we went over to Applebee's. As expected, we saw the Root there and talked to him for a bit. Turns out, he missed church 'cause he woke up at 2 p.m. (supwifdat?).
That's it...another weekend gone...now we plunge into Christmas week itself...holy crap, is it here already????
At least my Roland shows up today...WOOHOO!
BTW...what does "updating like a mug" mean (see Chad's site)? Does it mean "I update once a month?" LOL. Throw me a bone here...need info...'bout what's going on in B'ham....
KEY PHRASES: "Kyle, we can be your friends, too...and you don't have to tip us." "Amber, did you wipe the phlegm off the microphone?" "Maybe it would be a good idea to Lysol all the mics...LOL." "Emma, sit down....Emma, sit down...Emma, sit down..." "Can we quit passing this illness around, please?"
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