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Thursday, October 13, 2005
Cool weather?
As I walked out the door this morning I felt some cool air for the first time. Could it be that maybe the extreme humidity and heat has broken? Of course, it'll never totally break and we don't want it to because, as we've said before, we'll be in shorts while our friends and family in Illinois are freezing their little tushes. But, it was kind of refreshing this morning to think that maybe I don't have to sweat every day anymore!
We have sold our Camaro. We've been trying for a while and it turns out that Jen's boss' son is a "collector." He is really excited about it and we feel good about giving him a bit of a deal because 1) the car's not in that great of shape, 2) it will need work to get it to "collectible" status, and 3) he wants it and we do love the car and want to see it go to someone who'll take care of it. So, we'll probably finally get me a scooter this weekend! Can't you all see it, the big, goofy 6'5" midwesterner buzzing around on a little scooter. When people are laughing at me I'll just remember that my scooter gets 90 miles per gallon while they get 12 in their big SUV. I can live with that.
We're going to start a new sermon series this sunday that will last five weeks. It is based on the book of James. James talks a lot about practical Christian living so we are focusing on the idea that as Christians, people are always observing us, wondering if we are hypocrits (a major beef for many people against the church), seeing if they'd want to be part of something like that. We're calling it, "Lights, Camera...Life" and talking about how our lives are not a show, but are watched closely. I'm pretty excited about it. We're going to try to engage all the senses by using some props on stage, having the drama team do a skit one week, using movie clips and that sort of thing. Of course, the heart of the message is always in the text itself so we will try our best to let it speak and not distract from it. There's always that fine line, to me, of reinforcing a biblical text or using it to create a spectacle. I hope that what we're doing will always stay focused on the central message.
Hope everyone is well. We always enjoy hearing from you so either post or send us an e-mail.
-joel
We have sold our Camaro. We've been trying for a while and it turns out that Jen's boss' son is a "collector." He is really excited about it and we feel good about giving him a bit of a deal because 1) the car's not in that great of shape, 2) it will need work to get it to "collectible" status, and 3) he wants it and we do love the car and want to see it go to someone who'll take care of it. So, we'll probably finally get me a scooter this weekend! Can't you all see it, the big, goofy 6'5" midwesterner buzzing around on a little scooter. When people are laughing at me I'll just remember that my scooter gets 90 miles per gallon while they get 12 in their big SUV. I can live with that.
We're going to start a new sermon series this sunday that will last five weeks. It is based on the book of James. James talks a lot about practical Christian living so we are focusing on the idea that as Christians, people are always observing us, wondering if we are hypocrits (a major beef for many people against the church), seeing if they'd want to be part of something like that. We're calling it, "Lights, Camera...Life" and talking about how our lives are not a show, but are watched closely. I'm pretty excited about it. We're going to try to engage all the senses by using some props on stage, having the drama team do a skit one week, using movie clips and that sort of thing. Of course, the heart of the message is always in the text itself so we will try our best to let it speak and not distract from it. There's always that fine line, to me, of reinforcing a biblical text or using it to create a spectacle. I hope that what we're doing will always stay focused on the central message.
Hope everyone is well. We always enjoy hearing from you so either post or send us an e-mail.
-joel
