Musings of the SciFiPastor

Wow, it has been a while since I’ve posted anything.  I’m glad to know that it has been noticed, though.  I’ve had several people ask me why I haven’t been posting.  Some of these were folks that I didn’t even know were reading my blog!  So, cool.  Thanks for reading!  Please feel free to leave comments.  I’d love to get some discussion going.

Anyway, it’s Saturday evening, and we just returned from a trip to Florence, Alabama to visit family and host a birthday pool party for our two daughters (their birthdays are a month apart, so we threw one party halfway between the two for our families).  Since I haven’t posted in a while, I’ll toss out various thoughts to catch up.  Some guys call this a mind dump…  Personally I like to think of it as an "extemporaneous reflection upon recent random contemplations."  Somehow, that just sounds more elegant than a mind dump.  So, here goes…

• The pool party was a blast.  It was the first time my two year old has been in a pool, and watching her experience a kiddie pool slide for the first time was the most fun I have had in months.
• I can’t believe my older daughter is ten. Double-digits!  Just six more years until driving and dating.  I’d better work on my intimidating stare before the boys come calling.
• I have the opportunity to attend the Outreach convention in November in San Diego, California!  I’ve been selected along with two other graduates of Indiana Wesleyan University’s Masters program to represent the University at the conference.  I’m very humbled and honored to be selected, and I’m seriously pumped about getting to go back to Cali and hang out with Dr. Bob Whitesel again.  Not only that, but several of my heroes in the faith will be there, and I’m looking forward to hopefully meeting some of them in person.
• I read today that my denomination, the Assemblies of God, has a new General Superintendent.  Dr. George O. Wood was elected this week at our General Council in Indianapolis.  I attended a minister’s retreat a few years ago where he ministered, and I found Dr. Wood to be a humble, thoughtful, and godly man.  The Lord genuinely refreshed my wife and me through his ministry.  I am grateful that he has been elected, and I extend my congratulations to him.
• Living in the South, I have from time to time succumbed to the temptation of using poor grammar.  Having worked in broadcasting, I am very sensitive to poor communication skills and lazy enunciation.  Nonetheless, I sometimes find the words comin’ out my mouth soundin’ like sumpthin’ strate frum a Jeff Foxworthy video.  I can usually git….  excuse me…  "get" away with it, because we Southerners have a way of understanding one another that folks from other parts of the country just don’t seem to have.  ("You ain’t from around here, are ya?")  But if I am going to Cali again, and if we’re going to start podcasting our church services, then I need to work on my speech.
• Another thing that I need to work on…. and I’ve needed to do this for a while…  I need to lose about twenty or thirty pounds.  So, since the Cali trip is coming up in a few months, that seems like a good date to mark as a goal.  I want to lose twenty pounds by the first week of November.  Now, y’all hold me to that, ya hear?
• One more thing, I’m looking forward to church tomorrow.  I love our church family.  I love worshiping with them.  I’m excited to see what the Lord will do next!!

There.  My mind is dumped, my reflections complete.  I apologize for neglecting the blog over the last few weeks.  I’ll try to do better from now on!

Peace!