Thank God for Snow

This past Sunday, the teaching was on the ways God speaks to us. One of the ways I said God speaks is through godly friends and family. And God doesn't just use them to guide us but to point us toward Him as well.

When Andrew, my 10 year old son, woke up this morning he was so excited to see the blanket of snow on the ground. I was upstairs but could here him, in his insistent voice, telling his mom they had to stop and thank God for the snow. "No Mom, we have to do it together, right now!" Wow!

Two things:

One, I'm glad we have a God who can use even 10 year olds to teach us. And two, the question that's guiding me today is "What have I overlooked in my life that I need to stop and thank God for?"

Inauguration

I'm at work today doing things that I can get done while still watching the Inauguration on TV. It's so exciting to be so close to history as it's being made. My office is 15.2 miles from the White House.

Worship Experience

As a pastor, it's great to be able to worship where, as the song goes, "nobody knows your name." I had the chance to do that this weekend while on vacation. We were still in the Fairfax area so we went over to Fairfax Community Church's Saturday night service. I loved the 5pm Sat. service.

Rod Stafford is a great speaker. It was the first time I had heard him or met him. Got a chance to talk with him for a little while after the service. When I mentioned where I pastored he said "you guys have a lot going on over there and are making some great changes aren't you?" Turns out his good friend Kevin Ford who runs the church consulting firm our church is working with had been talking with him about our church and some of the things we are doing. I hope to get with Rod in the future, I'm sure I can learn a lot from him and his success.

2009 Off to a Great Start

2009 is off to a great start. Had an awesome time this past week spending time with my parents and my family. I've already seen three movies this year, which is probably my total count for last year. I recommend Bedtime Stories. It was hilarious. The Spirit was OK but nothing spectacular (I was actually going to see Grand Torino but it was sold out.)

Andrew got the new Monopoly game. I felt really old playing it. The game no longer uses play money. Rather it uses an electronic banker and each player has a credit card with a $15 million line of credit. You can even pause the game an come back days later.

Looking forward to 2009 and all that it will bring.