There aren’t a lot of things you need to survive in Florida. A few of them are: – Hurricane Shutters – Sunscreen – Sunglasses – Air Conditioning! I woke up this morning and my A/C wasn’t working. Needless to say, my house was an inferno. So an A/C guy in our church came to my house to check things out. I found out my compressor is dead! It needs to be replaced. This isn’t good, especially when your wife is 20 weeks pregnant (even though I’ve complained more than her). So we’re trying to remain very still and our fans … Read More

It’s hurricane season campers! What does that mean for the Franquiz household? #1 – Water – I cleaned Publix out of Fiji water (AKA nature’s tears) #2 – Food – Plenty of food for such a time as this (Steaks, chicken, chips, etc…) #3 – Propane – because the grill will be on! #4 – Stuff to do – 3 movies from Blockbuster in case my dish goes out (Which I really hope not because the Red Sox are playing in Oakland which is a 10:05PM EST start time) #5 – Books – As long as I have a flashlight, … Read More

I was in a couple of bands before I went to Bible College and went into the ministry. One was this band, which was Christian. It’s amazing people still are into the band. The other was a band called Amboog-a-Lard that I was in with my friend Jeordie, who later left to become Twiggy from Marilyn Manson. Anyway, I just saw that he posted all of our stuff on his website. Some of the stuff I didn’t play on, because I joined the band later. But you can check out our stuff here. The mp3’s are free if you want … Read More

A just read a report that stated Miami Drivers are the rudest drivers in America! I could have told you that without reading the report. Not only do I have to contend with the fact that this is 2nd most unchurched city in America (6% Christian). We are officially the worst drivers. If you’re interested, here’s the rest of the top 5: #1 – Miami #2 – Phoenix #3 – New York #4 – Los Angeles #5 – Boston I was born in Boston and I live in Miami. I don’t stand a chance! By the way, here are the … Read More

I’ve come to the conclusion that Pastors live weird lives.  Why do I say this?  Because most of the Pastors I know have weird stuff happen to them all the time.  I feel like Ezekiel at times.  God had that poor guy go through so much crazy stuff simply to illustrate what God was going to do.  That’s what happens to us as well.  I find that every time I’m preparing a message and I can’t find a good way to illustrate something, God always helps me out by allowing me to get into some kind of bizzare situation.  That’s … Read More

Last night I took all my birthday money and the gift certificates that some friends got me and I went to the Apple store and got the new ipod video. It is totally amazing! I haven’t downloaded a video yet, but I’m hoping to do so shortly. I bought the 30 gig because it’s not bulky like the 60 gig. This thing rules! I sold my old ipod to a new church planter in our area, so I’ve been without one for a couple of weeks. But now a new friend has arrived. Life is good…

To say this week has been crazy would be the understatement of the year! Hurricane Wilma hit us pretty hard and of course I didn’t prepare at all! We had no food in the house (in our defense, we were in the process of moving), no gas in the cars, and no shutters on the windows. But God got us through it. We stayed at Jason’s house (our children’s Pastor) and ate burgers and hot dogs EVERY DAY for 5 days. I don’t know if I will ever eat a hot dog again after eating a dozen dogs in less … Read More

Here’s the latest: 35.5 million people have no power. 98% of FPL customers don’t have service. But what’s weird is that I do. The townhouse (Which I recently sold) is fully powered (hence why I can type this). but to make a tough hurricane situation worse is that I’m in the process of moving. So what did I do while Wilma was coming through? I was packing boxes! Now I’m driving in between powerlines & downed trees to move boxes and my other goods. But everyone’s fine. Power is restored at our theatre and we will be having church on … Read More

I need to get something off my chest: I’m taking the hotel shuttle to the catalyst conference last week and I’m listening to the people on the shuttle talk (I believe the term is eavesdropping). The guy behind me says, “I wish I could turn my cell phone off. But I’m on call 24/7 at church.” Then his phone rang and he took the call. That reminded me to turn my phone off before I went inside. About 30 minutes into the morning session I hear a phone ring. I look up and it’s this guy. He’s sitting in the … Read More

I don’t know what the deal is. While I am a huge Atlanta fan, I can’t wait to go home Saturday morning. It has rained ALL DAY for the last 3 days. If you aren’t aware, I hate rain. That’s why I love Miami. It rains everyday, but only for 45 minutes. So I can usually get involved in something for that long and before I know it, it’s over. I haven’t seen the sun since Tuesday. This is really messing with me…B-O-B phone home…