Last night I had a really cool experience. My church put on a picnic dinner in the park with a lot of fun activities. One of those activities was a tractor pull. I had never seen one, let alone participated in a tractor pull. Last night I did both. I signed up, not really knowing … [Read more...] about Tractor pull
Church
Be strong and courageous
We recently had a leadership meeting at church and Pastor King talked about 5 statements that he is passionate about. In fact, I think he said he would be willing to lay down his life for these things.1. I believe that lost people are eternally lost and need to find a way back to … [Read more...] about Be strong and courageous
Sharing the passion
I spoke at a church this morning. I was given the opportunity to share about Great Oaks with a church in Peoria called Woodland Baptist. This past summer I took the summer staff to a church service here and wanted to come back. Awhile back, they sent a team of people to camp to … [Read more...] about Sharing the passion
Bounce
I bounced a check. For the second time in my life. In fact, it's the second time in 6 months. I guess to be more accurate, I "overdrew" my checking out. Thankfully it's set up to draw from my savings account and only cost me a minimal fee. But still. There is no good excuse for … [Read more...] about Bounce
A new friend
I made a new friend this weekend. We were introduced last Sunday at church and were able to chat briefly. Unfortunately that was right in the midst of a raging ear infection and I had trouble making conversation. This weekend we saw each other at a dinner party and then again at … [Read more...] about A new friend