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What’s up people? What a week!
1. Red Sox lost the game Wednesday and I missed the three top highlights. Was getting something to eat when I heard the crowd roar(thought Orioles had scored) for Manny’s catch, high five and double play. Heard another roar when Varitek homered(there were way more Red Sox fans at this game). Took Mike’s son to the bathroom in the seventh and heard Jay Payton’s grandslam over the PA. At least I got to see them on Sportscenter. Great park, great Boog’s BBQ, and terrible traffic on the way home.
2. We are lining up an interview in NC next weekend so be praying for this opportunity. It seems like a good fit and I’ve known the pastor for a while. It means that the Rhodes will be one state away and we won’t get to see them…at least until we plant the first Hawaiian Wesleyan church.
3. Why is it that when a Republican states a historical fact that it is viewed as a political attack? Also, when they quote a Democrat. I’ve also noticed that the people that the DNC sent out to defend Obama yesterday have never won a big election. Tom Dachele lost his Senate seat in South Dakota. John Kerry lost the presidency and John Edwards ran for president twice(and lost) because he wasn’t going to win Senate re-election in NC. Now, everyone is pumped that Al Gore may endorse Obama soon. I consider myself an independent, but the Democrats primary rules-which have lead to this long nasty primary battle(which I’ve enjoyed watching by the way)-are crazy. The way they award delegates makes no sense. If I were a Democrat I’d be really angry. If I were a Republican, I’d be made that the people in Congress haven’t come up with any sort of plan and have just let the Democrats do as they wish even though they haven’t gotten much done either. I just think our political system is broken, but it’s still better than most countries. I know I’m not the only one who feels this way, but I’ve decided I’m more interested in see people transformed than trying to fix or fight a political system.
4. Took the girls to a carnival last night. Took each of the girls down this big slide, the kind where you slide on a burlap sack. About halfway down Charis started crying. When we reached the bottom I helped her up and asked,”What’s wrong?” She jumped up and said,”I’m scared-let’s do it again!”
5. Narnia is tonight! Had an awkward moment during the first one when a father kept berating his small child sitting behind us. I still wish I had said something to him, but they eventually left. It did lead to a good conversation with the youth group teens who were sitting with me about taking young kids to movies and how to act in public. Plus we are eating at Moe’s! Yes!
Well, I got calls to make, books to pack, and gotta take some medicine for this wicked head cold. Twitter that.

Well, Pastor Mike, Andrew and I are heading to Baltimore today to catch the Red Sox-Orioles game.  The park is amazing and our seats should be pretty good.  How many other assistant pastors take off on Wednesday afternoon with their boss to see some baseball?  So, here’s a few quick thoughts for today.

1.  Pray about an opportunity we have.  We feel God is opening a door for us and He is revealing His will to us.  It’s funny that so many times we only think of our piece of the puzzle, but God has allowed me to see that their are other lives and other pieces connected with ours.  Pretty cool stuff.  More details later.

2.  Check out Tony Morgans blog and the video called City of God.  Amazing song and video.  I tell you, I love Newspring.  I know there are haters out there, but they invest in their community like few churches do.  They dream big and God blesses them more than their dreams.  I read Perry’s and Tony’s blog just hoping something will rub off on me.

3.  The next 4 weeks are going to be crazy, chaotic, and I agree with Matt and Deb-moving is no fun!  If you live in the Chichester area, most of our belongings are at Goodwill and could be had for a great price.  God is helping me let go of THINGS that I couldn’t let go of last summer.  It’s easy to get unattached from material possessions when you’ve had to move them thrice in less than a year.  Liberty to storage, storage to Wilmington, DE, and Wilmington to Aston, PA.  I’m also getting a clean start on socks and boxers(no pun intended-okay maybe a little) since I can’t find two socks that match.  It’s that sock demon again!

4.  Have I mentioned how cute my children are?  To watch Drake walk, he has a monkey like strut, makes me smile every time.  The girls are training him-but he still refuses to play with dolls.

5.  I am going to get a haircut cause it’s getting nappy up there.  Have a great day!  I’ll have a full report on the game tomorrow.

1. Saw Iron Man last Friday and thought it was one of the best and truest to the source material comic movies ever. They updated well to the modern era.
2. Indiana Jones opens in three weeks and I’m going to love whether I want to or not. I am a bit disturbed by all the toys thought especially the one with the ark of the covenant. Creepy. I don’t care that he’s got a kid, or is getting older. I main complaint with Lucas and Speilberg would be if they use computers for too many of the stunts. What made the first 3 Indy movies great was the realism and lack of computer tampering.
3. Matt and Deborah are moving today. Wonder if she’s wearing the nice boots that Matt just bought her.
4. Continue to pray for Matt and Ashley Smith who are home awaiting the birth of their twins. Ashley had been in the hospital for around 3 weeks while they monitored and tried to keep her from going into labor. Now everything looks good and they’re home resting.
5. Also pray for Eddie and Martha Marie Smith. Martha Marie came through her surgery okay. You can get updates at www.eddiesmith.com
6. Pray for Karen and I. We are both getting a little nervous because several churches have not called us back. Our goal was to line up interviews for Memorial Day weekend, but time is running out to get that done. We know we are in God’s hands, He has heard our needs and desires, and we are resting in that. By resting I mean working the phones and emails as consistently as I can. Some guys told me yesterday that I should a puppet to my repertoire.
7. Have mega churches in sense formed their own denomination? Most have the same form of leadership structure(gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with their success?) and little or no ties to a denomination. I have no problem with that and most people who don’t like mega churches are people who don’t attend mega churches. I agree with Perry Noble that they are not a new idea, but God bringing back the days of Acts when thousands gathered, heard the gospel, and were saved.
8. I will be making some big blog changes in the next week or so to make this blog better and more accessible. Thanks to everyone who gave input and ideas. Just waiting on the web team of Mullikin, Mullikin, Mullikin, Mullikin, and Mullikin.
9. Geek moment of the day-I can’t wait for the new Ric Flair DVD coming out this summer.
10. It’s daughter date day with Charis-I’m hoping she picks Pizza Hut.
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1. Saw that Tony Morgan has made some major changes. I may be giving in to the WordPress peer pressure as well. I am also making the switch to gmail, calendar, etc. One final question to get me over the wordpress hump-how do I get my own domain name with it?
2. I was thinking-outside of church related activities, is there anything about my life that shows I’m a follower of Christ? Mike’s been talking a lot about being more than “Sunday” Christians. I think a lot of people are expecting to get into heaven when they weren’t even open to people attending their church. And when did the point become-to get into heaven? I think that cheapens the gospel. If anything, I think Jesus died to bring heaven to earth through the lives of his people. Don’t get me started.
3. The million dollar question of the day is-how big of a challenge am I looking for? I know God has called me away from where I’m at but where to and to what situation? There’s one opportunity that’s just screaming “Stay Away!” and I’m trying to decide if it’s the Spirit or pride saying-Dude, something amazing could happen there. I’ll keep you posted.
4. Kris sent the funny txt of the month and it’s only May 7th. I laughed out loud and almost woke up the kids.
5. Still waiting on some people to call me back about some jobs. One day the story will be told.
6. Can’t decide how I feel about “Operation Chaos.” Or the uncompleted project we do not speak of. Thought it was funny that Clinton gave an Indiana victory speech and then had to sweet out the final hours of vote counting. Very entertaining television, but I stayed up way too late.
7. Jo Anne Lyon was amazing Friday night. That lady has story after story of how God is moving around the world. This is a lady that doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty and she’s trying to get the rest of us pew warming Wesleyans to join the fight.
8. Had a daughter date with Milena today. Get to take Charis to McDonald’s tomorrow. She wants to find one with a slide. No play places please. I’m still sore from the one in Milton, Pa.
That’s it for today. I’m swamped!