Never Underestimate Radical Vision

ya know, that fuzzy feeling on the inside, the excitement for another interaction, the thinking constantly about the other party, etc. i have only been in love once in my life and now to a MUCH LESSER extent (Jennifer I am just trying to be poetic and a little funny) i have fallen in love again. to make it that much more romeo and juliet like, we are not even allowed to meet quite yet. of course i am talking about the Mac G4 Powerbook with OS X 10.2.6. i can not stop thinking about this machine, the multimedia, the development, the pretty, the cool, the the the I LOVE IT, my precious. i don’t even own one yet but i have not been this excited about technology in a long time, my precious. i just can’t wait to get one, to mess with it, to love on it, hold it, pet it, “you’re naughty, my naughty little sale, OHHHHHHHH (crash, smash, etc.)” oh, wrong movie (5 points to the first person that can tell me said flick.) i just like everything about the platform and for the first time in a year and a half i have felt happy to be in technology. i have so many plans, so many things i want to read, accomplish, build. it is the technology side of me that feels alive again and i hope it effects the rest of my life. personal life is great, professional life is lacking and hopefully this can fill the void (i just hope the wife can understand the need). here is to hoping!

long live Mac OS X!

peace

currently my church is in the process of looking for a new pastor. this process has been long and most of the time i think nothing is really happening, yet i guess the ball is really starting to roll. our interim pastor used last night’s service to have a q&a session to determine what we are looking for in a pastor. it was pretty good and one of the questions he asked was, “What will my new pastor receive from me?” i though that was an awesome way to look at things. our church is so starved for a new pastor as soon as he steps in the doors he is going to have a ton of requests and wants placed on his shoulders that it was nice to flip it around a bit. i really thought about it and to my mind came one word, chance. i am going to give the new pastor a chance. although that might sound weird, when you have had one pastor for 20+ years, he is naturally going to be different. he may be younger, have less experience, be an old fuddy duddy, have a different bent on baptist theology, etc. i am going to give my new pastor a chance and i hope our whole church does the same. we have been through too many youth pastors recently by just not giving them a chance and putting unrealistic expectations on their shoulders (especially for a part-time position).

another interesting thing that came out of the questions the interim pastor asked revealed that we want a stupid pastor. giving different scenarios, the majority of the church wanted a pastor that would do a lot of the things i believe deacons should do (like visit the sick, counsel, etc.) while i believe a pastor should do those things, i believe his first priority is to shepherd the flock and to do that is by educating his flock so that the other issues take care of themselves because everyone knows what they should do for the body. any thoughts? i think too many times in this area (geographically speaking) we want pastors that will do the leg-work and settle for average at best teaching. i hope that changes. to answer the interim pastor’s question, “what qualities do you want in a new pastor?”, i want intelligence.

what are your thoughts on this. different parts of the country may view it differently, but this is how i view it. we need more brains in this part of the country and not just in the church but all over, because i am tired of stupid, redneck pastors!

been there, done that!

peace

i have been witnessing an amazing feat by one of our brethren. kent mcconnell so far has single handedly beat (in a 30 yard dash) a man that weights 100 pounds and a man that weights 80 pounds less than he does. kent is just a freak of nature. we even have video to prove one of the losses. i think i have a marketable product here. think about it, “come see if you can beat the fastest fat man on the planet.” the hook is working. all i have to do is go up to some unsuspecting skinny guy and say, “hey you think you could take my man kent in a 30 dash?” and they reply, “ha, are you kidding, i would give him a head start!” and then they are hooked. i will compile a DVD of all the losers and sent it out to all that are interested. we will have interviews with the losers, behind the music type coverage. any takers?

fat men of the world unite! we are being avenged! we are getting revenge on all those skinny punks that eat whatever they want and because they have the metabolism of a freaking horse they never gain weight! just remember, once you go fat you never go back!

peace.