i am working on writing a blog on what a church really looks like.
i am concerned that some of the "church" movements of today while effective in seeing people saved are also failing in some of the primary duties of the body of Christ.
I'll be out of pocket for the next few days but soon i hope to have this blog up.
i'd love to know your thoughts as i prepare to write this blog.
so... what makes church, "church"?
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Overdue Update
So first of all, birthing class wasn't as exciting last week as the week before. I am hoping for some good stuff tonight in our final class.
I spent all last week packing the house. On friday the 15th i picked up the U-haul with the help of Jerry and Jonathan and we loaded most of it. I worked on the house from 8am-10pm with a lunch and dinner break. Saturday i was awake at 5am and up at 5:40 and worked on the house a bit more. Loaded the rest of the U-haul at 9 with some help from the men at church. Michele and a lot of other people from church did the cleaning. My friend Jason drove the U-haul for me to San Angelo while i followed behind in my trailblazer. We unloaded it at the new house in 45 minutes with the help of a ton of great friends in San Angelo. Jason and i drove back in my trailblazer and made it to Weatherford before we were ready for bed about 2:30 in the morning.
Up on Sunday and back to Longview to see my wife and wait for our little boy to be born.
Yesterday, Monday the 18th, we had a Dr. Appt. and found out that even though Michele is 17 days away from her due date it would seem Asher is about ready to be born. Michele was a 2... 50 % thinned out and Asher had already dropped so low into the pelvis the Doctor was quite surprised. He scheduled us to be induced by Wednesday the 27th if Asher hasn't come before on his own. However as we were leaving he mentioned, "You know that i am on call this Sunday the 24th. I get to decide who is in labor and who isn't. If you felt like you were having contractions you could come in Sunday and i could check you out."
I thanked him and we left... as we walked past the nurse's desk she said, "You know what he is saying about Sunday don't you?"
To which i replied, "Sure, if Michele is having contractions we should come in on Sunday."
She says, "No... If you THINK you may be having contractions.... WINK WINK! ... then come on in and we won't let you go home until you have a baby."
So.... IT SEEMS ASHER MAY BE BORN SUNDAY MAY 24TH... WHICH IS VERY EXCITING TO ME.
I'll be sure to keep you updated.
I spent all last week packing the house. On friday the 15th i picked up the U-haul with the help of Jerry and Jonathan and we loaded most of it. I worked on the house from 8am-10pm with a lunch and dinner break. Saturday i was awake at 5am and up at 5:40 and worked on the house a bit more. Loaded the rest of the U-haul at 9 with some help from the men at church. Michele and a lot of other people from church did the cleaning. My friend Jason drove the U-haul for me to San Angelo while i followed behind in my trailblazer. We unloaded it at the new house in 45 minutes with the help of a ton of great friends in San Angelo. Jason and i drove back in my trailblazer and made it to Weatherford before we were ready for bed about 2:30 in the morning.
Up on Sunday and back to Longview to see my wife and wait for our little boy to be born.
Yesterday, Monday the 18th, we had a Dr. Appt. and found out that even though Michele is 17 days away from her due date it would seem Asher is about ready to be born. Michele was a 2... 50 % thinned out and Asher had already dropped so low into the pelvis the Doctor was quite surprised. He scheduled us to be induced by Wednesday the 27th if Asher hasn't come before on his own. However as we were leaving he mentioned, "You know that i am on call this Sunday the 24th. I get to decide who is in labor and who isn't. If you felt like you were having contractions you could come in Sunday and i could check you out."
I thanked him and we left... as we walked past the nurse's desk she said, "You know what he is saying about Sunday don't you?"
To which i replied, "Sure, if Michele is having contractions we should come in on Sunday."
She says, "No... If you THINK you may be having contractions.... WINK WINK! ... then come on in and we won't let you go home until you have a baby."
So.... IT SEEMS ASHER MAY BE BORN SUNDAY MAY 24TH... WHICH IS VERY EXCITING TO ME.
I'll be sure to keep you updated.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Birthing Classes
So Michele and i went to birthing class tonight. It was our first of three meetings.
First of all, i sort of want to make fun some of the guys who said they were gaining weight with their wives, they also said that they had "cravings", and headaches, and one guy was even having toothaches. Are you kidding me? How insane is that? It is all in your head. Your body isn't going through any chemical changes, you aren't growing a baby. What is up with that? I think its crazy. I wanted to start laughing at them right then.
The very first note i took was, "I am the Coach!" So i immediately thought i should get a whistle but Michele wasn't keen on that idea.
We watched a video about positions that the mother should take so that they can relieve any discomfort. Coaches were encouraged to massage the mom. One of the things the coaches were told to do was apply counter pressure from behind. We were directed to ask the mom (and i quote) "How hard do you like it and where do you want it?"
Michele and i both started laughing. Yes we are kinda like 12 year olds i suppose. But c'mon, that is funny. Isn't that how we ended up in the delivery room?
One other key thing they said was that when the mom's water breaks we (the coaches) should note what TIME the water broke, what COLOR it was, how MUCH fluid there was, and how the amniotic fluid SMELLED. Hmm... there is plenty of comedic fodder here especially since our teacher was talking about the possibility of the water breaking in the baby isle at Wal-mart.
I can just see the father that takes this too seriously getting down on hands and knees and smelling the puddle after having first measured the diameter of the puddle with his pocket measuring tape. Of course he would take a digital photo of his watch and the watches of two or three passers by so as to have an average time. Without doubt he would hasten to the crayolas and rip open a box until he found the color that best matched his wife's fluid.
wow!
I'm sure i'll have some exciting things to share with you next week. Stay tuned.
First of all, i sort of want to make fun some of the guys who said they were gaining weight with their wives, they also said that they had "cravings", and headaches, and one guy was even having toothaches. Are you kidding me? How insane is that? It is all in your head. Your body isn't going through any chemical changes, you aren't growing a baby. What is up with that? I think its crazy. I wanted to start laughing at them right then.
The very first note i took was, "I am the Coach!" So i immediately thought i should get a whistle but Michele wasn't keen on that idea.
We watched a video about positions that the mother should take so that they can relieve any discomfort. Coaches were encouraged to massage the mom. One of the things the coaches were told to do was apply counter pressure from behind. We were directed to ask the mom (and i quote) "How hard do you like it and where do you want it?"
Michele and i both started laughing. Yes we are kinda like 12 year olds i suppose. But c'mon, that is funny. Isn't that how we ended up in the delivery room?
One other key thing they said was that when the mom's water breaks we (the coaches) should note what TIME the water broke, what COLOR it was, how MUCH fluid there was, and how the amniotic fluid SMELLED. Hmm... there is plenty of comedic fodder here especially since our teacher was talking about the possibility of the water breaking in the baby isle at Wal-mart.
I can just see the father that takes this too seriously getting down on hands and knees and smelling the puddle after having first measured the diameter of the puddle with his pocket measuring tape. Of course he would take a digital photo of his watch and the watches of two or three passers by so as to have an average time. Without doubt he would hasten to the crayolas and rip open a box until he found the color that best matched his wife's fluid.
wow!
I'm sure i'll have some exciting things to share with you next week. Stay tuned.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
People to endorse my new book.
I almost talked myself out of it but then decided to contact people who are way too busy to respond to me or endorse my book.
Here is the list of people i've asked to endorse my book:
Steven Smith: professor of expository preaching at SWBTS.... he said yes!
John Strappazon: my former college minister and now director of all BSMs in OK.... he said yes!
Colin Smith: only one of my favorite scottish reformed ministers. out of Chicago.... he said no.
Albert Mohler: at southern seminary in Kentucky..... no reply
Matt Chandler: at the Village church.... no reply
John Piper: heck... i love this guy... but i'm way too small for him to have the time.... no reply
Ravi Zacharias: i have a great appreciation for his humility and knowledge..... no reply
Beth Moore: to be fair i thought i would ask one woman... she's a good one.... no reply
Shane Barnard: of Shane and Shane... i know him from my lubbock days.... no reply yet.
If you know of someone i should send it to i would love to hear it.
Here is the list of people i've asked to endorse my book:
Steven Smith: professor of expository preaching at SWBTS.... he said yes!
John Strappazon: my former college minister and now director of all BSMs in OK.... he said yes!
Colin Smith: only one of my favorite scottish reformed ministers. out of Chicago.... he said no.
Albert Mohler: at southern seminary in Kentucky..... no reply
Matt Chandler: at the Village church.... no reply
John Piper: heck... i love this guy... but i'm way too small for him to have the time.... no reply
Ravi Zacharias: i have a great appreciation for his humility and knowledge..... no reply
Beth Moore: to be fair i thought i would ask one woman... she's a good one.... no reply
Shane Barnard: of Shane and Shane... i know him from my lubbock days.... no reply yet.
If you know of someone i should send it to i would love to hear it.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Bible must be adhered to!
Preaching is not preaching unless it comes from scripture. And telling stories just for the sake of telling stories doesn't count as preaching.
Reading one verse and then giving us your thoughts on it is okay ONLY IF those thoughts are coming from scripture.
Sola Scriptura!
Here are a list of some real sermon titles that were preached this past Easter. I hope that the sermons were better than their titles, but i doubt it.
How Sad that these sermons have come from some of the nations "best" preachers.
They are not rightly standing in fear of James 3:1.
enough of the soap box tonight.
Reading one verse and then giving us your thoughts on it is okay ONLY IF those thoughts are coming from scripture.
Sola Scriptura!
Here are a list of some real sermon titles that were preached this past Easter. I hope that the sermons were better than their titles, but i doubt it.
A sermon that explored the “deep” spiritual lessons of the movie Slumdog Millionaire .
A sermon entitled “Beer Babes & Baseball”
A sermon entitled “Livin’ Venti” that encouraged people to live life to the fullest.
A sermon entitled “You Have Come Back Power”
And a sermon entitled “Easter in the Octagon”
How Sad that these sermons have come from some of the nations "best" preachers.
They are not rightly standing in fear of James 3:1.
enough of the soap box tonight.
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