* I had oral surgery a couple of days ago. If we were playing “would you rather”, I’d have to go with shaving sasquatch’s legs, the yeti monster’s back, and bigfoot’s armpits over having tooth pain.
* Last week when I was putting Ava to bed, she said to me, “Dad…do you remember when we were at Andy’s house last night? When I was walking outside I saw my shadow, but I saw another shadow too and I know it wasn’t mine. I think it was Jesus’ shadow…he was watching out for me.”
* I may or may not have completely forgotten how to write a blog post.
* Hostas are my favorite perennial. Sure, I’ll gravitate towards something else for a little while, but I always come back to Hostas.
* I’ve been working with teenagers lately and it’s been way too easy to empathize with them. I remember what it was like to be stuck between to places. You’re not a child and you’re not an adult, but people expect you to choose one or the other. Being a teenager is a terrible time of identity crisis.
* We’re moving forward with a plan to sell our house and buy something smaller. It’s kind of fun because we’re not stuck in a bad spot of “needing to sell”. We’ll do it for-sale-by-owner and see what happens. If we sell it and make some moolah…we’ll be freed up to do some things we can’t do right now.
* I’ve started the de-cluttering process by moving some of my books to my church office. Today I’ll be taking more than 300 books with me…believe it or not, I’ve sold some already.
* Whenever I think of my Grandma…I always picture her this way:
* Coke is better than Pepsi, but if you’re drinking “diet”, the rundown is as follows; Diet Mountain Dew is the best, then Cherry Coke Zero, then Diet Dr. Pepper, then Diet Sunkist. I’m sorry if you disagree.
* Our little boy, Finn, is driving us crazy at night. No…he’s not staying awake too long. It’s just that…well…um…he’s uh…he’s pooping and peeing out of his diaper every blasted night!! We are changing him in the middle of the night…sometimes twice even. Tried multiple varieties of diapers…not feeding him at crazy times…the sheets are in pain I tell ya. He’s still the best though.
* For my oral surgery, I was IV sedated which caused me to say some strange things. When I was in recovery, a dental assistant told me that I didn’t look like the normal pastor that she is used to seeing. I told her that our church is a very diverse place and that we have “lots homosexuals and interracial couples there”. After I said it I immediately thought what on earth just came out of my mouth??
* We had professional wedding photos taken, but this one I got from someone’s disposable camera will always be my favorite picture from our wedding day:
* Here’s my favorite shot from my parent’s wedding…thank goodness my dad looks more presentable after about 30 years:
* Ephesians 4:11-13 says, “It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.”
* I finally realize where I fit in this five-fold ministry…I am a teacher. I love to teach and I search for opportunities to do so. This can be difficult because I don’t want to come across as a know-it-all…thankfully – I don’t…so it’s not too terrible.
* Sometimes I wonder what things would look like if I didn’t take the same path that I took. I found a photo from about 10 years ago right before I went to a job interview. What if I didn’t get that job? Would I still have gotten married to Allison? Would I still have become Ava and Finn’s daddy? Hmm…
* Probably…because I’ve still got that same dumb look on my face 10 years later.
