I’ve noticed lately that I have a bad habit of saying “we” when I really mean to say “I.” It’s quite odd since I will be talking about something and then I’ll notice that I meant to say “This is what I want to see” and instead it will come out “This is what we want to see.”
Perhaps even more annoying than this little habit is that there are times when I stop myself and say something really stupid, “What, do I have a mouse in my pocket… what I meant to say was…” I think this makes me look and feel more stupid than anything else.
There are lots of details in the works for fall programs. Everything kicks off next Wednesday with Light Force. In the meantime, I am busier than ever with the golf team. (We are now officially 1-0 on the season after we trounced Eisenhower yesterday on their home course.) The good thing about the golf season is that morning practices are over. This is good for me since it will allow me to actually get work done before I head to the golf course for my volunteer job.
Along the same lines, I’ve had increased spiritual questions from students on the team. This is both good and alarming. I make no bones about who I am or what I do, but my biggest fear is that people will start to assume that I am there for evangelism or something like that when in fact I am simply there because I want to be a part of the team and support the community. So, while my working for the team does constitute contact ministry, my purpose in being there is primarily to better the team. If I wasn’t a golfer who with some passion to see junior golf excel in Romeo, I wouldn’t be there.
We also had some drama last night as one of our students was touching another student in an inappropriate way. That sounds worse than it was… let’s restate that as “there are some raging hormones in the youth group.” I intend on stopping this in it’s tracks as nothing provides more disunity than dating among the group. More on that later as I mention it to the parents.
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