Who turned down the role of “Neo” in the Matrix? a) Will Smith b) Cuba Gooding Jr. c) Tom Cruise d) Denzel Washington (No use of outside resources is allowed) Enjoy!
Can’t Catch a Break!
So I went to see the Marlin’s tonight. The game was great. The seats were great (Thanks Mike), and the Marlin’s won! But it eluded me again: catching a baseball. I am a hopeless optimist (Is that an oxymoron?) at the beginning of a game. I firmly believe that “Tonight’s my night” and I’m finally going to catch one. Yet this quest has become like Ahab’s obsession with catching Moby Dick, or Monty Python’s crew finding the Holy Grail (“What else floats?” “Very small rocks!”). But it hasn’t happened yet. While I can deal with that most of the time, … Read More
Name That movie – Clue
Since no one could figure out the quote from one of the best high school movies ever, I’m forced to do what I’ve never had to do in the brief history of my blog and that is “give a clue.” The original quote was “They speak the international language…the language of love.” The clue is: the “love” being spoken of here is that of a chubby kid named Ricky and foreign exchange student Monique. This is a total give away. You’ve got to know this by now…
Copy and Paste?
Church Marketing Sucks has a great post today about the lack of originality in the church. Read it here. God is creative and we are created in His image. So let’s get creative and beat the world at its’ own game!
Top 5 People I’d like to have Lunch with…
My wife had the idea of who are the top 5 people I’d like to have lunch with (This list if all people who are living. the next list will be people who aren’t living) , so here’s the list… #5 – John Mayer – John is amazing song writer, and an extremely talented guitar player. He seems like a cool guy to hang with. #4 – Theo Epstein – If you don’t know who this is, you obviously don’t live anywhere near Boston. Theo is the general manager of the Boston Red Sox. I met Theo in Tampa and … Read More
Name that Movie
“They speak the international language…The language of love!” (Remember, no googling or search engine-ing of any kind) Enjoy!
Your Mission in 7 words or Less…
I was sitting in Barnes and Noble and I was thinking about our church’s name change (which we are unveiling on August 12th for those keeping score at home). We are also tweaking our mission statement to be little more concise and we will be sharing that at the same time. So I was thinking about the mission statements that I remember. It wasn’t the most flowery statements or even the most descriptive ones. It was simplest statements that I remembered. So here are the mission statements that I thought of: Apple = Think Different Disney = To provide happiness … Read More
I’ve Officially joined the Band wagon
Since Gary and Scott have let us know about what they’re thinking about, I decided to write down what I’m thinking about too and officially join the band wagon. Why? Mostly because I don’t want to feel left out… 1. I need to go to the mall to buy a pair of brown pants 2. I’m a jerk because my friend Bill’s birthday was yesterday and I didn’t call him3. Will I ever be able to eat sugar cereal again?4. I really want to get a hot chocolate at Starbuck’s 5. Why are there no good movies out?6. When is … Read More
Batter Up!
This weekend we are having a “Youth Takeover” service. This is where our youth serve in all the areas of the service from the band, ushers, greeters, etc… Also, Mark our youth Pastor, will be teaching. What’s fun about someone filling in for me is that we have this ritual where we have the speaker for the weekend give his message to our staff. This is totally brutal because we share honestly about the message, but it’s also very helpful because we are able to offer insights that always make the message better. While I don’t do this every week, … Read More
Message Prep – Mac Style
Well, it’s finally out! All Mac users can finally sleep easy at night because Quickverse for Mac is now shipping. You can check it out here. Thisis a great thing. I’ve been a Quickverse user for years, so to see them step up before Logos does is a great thing. This should be a great resource (I just placed my order) and it should get you non-Mac users to finally get right with God and take the step into the Mac world. Let’s be honest, it’s just cooler to own a Mac!
