Two on Tuesday

It’s that time again.

Time to let you in on a couple of things that didn’t go as expected today…I call them disappointments.  We call them Two on Tuesday!

Here are this week’s two:

• Not a good day to wear slip on shoes.  It seems that the rain, slush, and snow were competing for the company of my sock’s and guess who won?  You’re right!
• It wouldn’t be a Two on Tuesday without a food disappointment.  My mother made some of that stuff that most people call nuts and bolts.   You know, the stuff that has Chex Mix and all that other stuff in it.  The only problem was that her’s had too many bolts!

Have a great week….and feel free to share any of your light-hearted disappointments in the comment section.

Sunday Rewind

Can you believe that I haven’t logged in to the blog in five days?  It’s true….I’ve stayed away and I did it on purpose.

This week has really been one of transition.  It’s been about moving from one place to the next in my life and part of this adjustment meant staying away from the blog and it meant taking today off.

Rhett and I talked on Wednesday and even though we were continuing our Pursuit series, I thought that it would be a good idea to take a break or pause….so that is what we did.

When Rhett and I were talking on Wednesday we knew that we had an amazing group of musicians who were on the schedule for Sunday so I just said, “It’s all yours, I’m just going to worship like everyone else so I am going to leave it up to you!” So that is exactly what we did.

Today was an amazing time of worship and its pretty easy for me to say that we made the right move.  I’ve heard from so many of you already and its only three o’clock in the afternoon on Sunday.  I love it when God shows up and moves in the lives of people.

Here are a few things that I noticed from today:

• It was great being able to see so many of you at the door.  Many times I have to be down front and I miss those that come in late…..today I was able to talk with many of you and I loved it!
  
• As I expected, Rhett and the band did an amazing job.  It always makes me feel good when I can turn the stage over and not have to worry.  Thanks guys for an amazing job!
• Phil and his “host team” did a great job!  I was really see the new additions to Phil’s team…..are you serving?
  
• I was just glad that it didn’t rain or snow today…can you believe that it has either rained or snowed all of the last four Sunday’s!
  
• It was good to see some of our regular’s back!

I’m going to keep it short today…..enjoy the Super Bowl!

“Two on Tuesday”

It’s time to revisit something I haven’t been doing the last few weeks.

Many of you really like my Two on Tuesday and I guess the reason you like it so much is because you can totally relate since we all have those crazy disappointments in life…..you know the one’s I’m talking about, the one’s that make you go, “surely that didn’t happen to me!”

Well my disappointments started early on this Tuesday.

So here they are…..

• I reserve Monday’s as the headache day!  But that is not the way this Tuesday has started out.  It’s only 7:30 a.m. and I’ve already had to take something twice.  A headache like this usually means a change in the weather.
• Over the last several day’s I’ve been able to get around in the snow and ice really well!  Thanks to someone who let me drive their Lexus four wheel drive (The “cruck” is having by-pass surgery).  But today was the worst driving I’ve experienced….the slush is worse than anything I’ve experienced.  Drive carefully today and tomorrow.

That’s this week’s Two on Tuesday!

Sunday Rewind

Yesterday  was one of those days when you wonder if you made the right decision.

Do the conditions on the roads call for canceling our services?

And as most of you know, I’ve really adjusted my thinking when it comes to canceling our services.  I use to think that canceling or rescheduling our services was something to consider.  I now think totally different.

At Crossroads  I want to do everything that we can to offer people the chance to worship with us on Sunday’s.  It never has been my intention to force people to come out when they feel they can’t make it, but I do think we should do all we can to be there if they choose to show up.

So with that being said, we had church at Crossroads today……and we had all three of our services too!

It was a great day and for those of you that were not able to attend, the message is already on-line if you would like to listen to it.

Here are a few of the things that I noticed today at Crossroads:

• Great to see people jump in and do as much as they can to prepare the sidewalks and entrance.
• Thanks to Derrick and his “host team” for a great job!
• I was totally blown away by our attendance….I had a number in my mind and we exceeded those numbers by much more than I could have ever imagined.
• It was nice having people visit from other churches….we aren’t looking to steal sheep, but we were glad to offer a worship service for those that wanted to attend one.
• Great response to our community group sign-up.  We know that many of you will want to take part in a group, so sign-up next week.  We have several people who are waiting for you!

Thanks again to all of you who made the effort to attend services this morning.

If you weren’t able to attend then we certainly understand….and we will see you next Sunday!

All Services Are ON!

Join us at Crossroads on Sunday, January 31st as we continue our series “Pursuit”.

All services will be on their normal schedule.

If you would like to worship with us at Crossroads and your church has canceled their services then we invite you to one of our three service times….8:30am, 10:00am or 11:30am.

Check our website for more information.

There has to be something wrong with me!

It’s Friday.

I’m sitting in my office and I’m watching it snow.

You really don’t know how bad I need to get some work done.  There’s so much to do around this place it isn’t even funny.

But I catch myself just starring out the window and watching the snow fall.

I’m letting the minutes of this day tick by ……there has to be something wrong with me.

I’m not getting anything done.

What about you?

During the last twenty or so days I’ve experienced something so different in my life.

As most of you know we’ve been participating in the 31 Day Challenge together at Crossroads. Some of you may not know what I’m talking about so let me give you a little insight.  During the month of January, we decided to read through the entire book of Proverbs.  Most of the people at Crossroads have been participating and then we’ve had others join us who heard about it or saw it on Twitter or Facebook.

During the month of January I’ve been so fortunate to take in the wisdom found in Proverbs with people all around me.  If there’s anything that has been both interesting and fun about reading together its been sharing with others how the scripture has affected my life.

Many of you guys have sent me emails and texts about the impact Proverbs is having in your lives and seeing how the scripture is impacting your life is something I love to hear.

I’d love to hear from some of you via the comments section of this post……give me some feedback about how the 31 Day Challenge as affected your life.

Have a great day…..

Counting the costs….

In the spirit of the “Mastercard” commercial….this is my life!

Driving down the road and hearing your car sound like a jet….and realizing that you just blew the radiator…..$400.00

Calling the tow truck to see how much it would cost to tow you to the shop to spend the $400.00 to have it repaired…..$50.00

Turning your tow bill into your insurance agent and realizing you dropped your “tow” coverage…..PRICELESS!

Does that sound like your luck?

Sunday Rewind

So let me just go ahead and get this off of my chest…..“I am sick and tired or rain/snow on Sunday!”

Now I feel better….but the last two rainy Sunday’s have about totally worn out my patience with the weather.  But in spite of the rain, I have to admit that the last two weeks have surprised me.

As most of you know, we are smack in the middle of our series “Pursuit” and during this series we’ve been on the search for wisdom.

If there’s anything that I’ve personally enjoyed from this series, its listening to your stories.  Many of you have been telling me how the wisdom that is found in Proverbs is starting to impact your lives in so many different areas.

Thanks to Patrick and his team for making things work so well on Sunday morning.  You really don’t realize just how difficult a little rain can make things.

I hope you guys have a great week!

Pretty simple!

Check out what I found in Proverbs 24 this morning:

“An honest answer is like a warm hug.” Proverbs 24:26 (The Message)

I’m always amazed how its the simple things that seem to hit me the hardest.

What have you read from Proverbs that has hit you in some area of your life?