I like student ministry because all of these kind of seem like they could be a youth group game.
Category: hmm… thoughts
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Why I like student ministry
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Sunglasses and Beach IQ
Having just spent 8 days on the road in SoCal with the family, we ate out and went to a lot of public places. I made a couple of observation/over generalizations — OK, they are just Adam-isms. Here we go:- I think there is a link between the lens size on a woman’s sunglasses and her IQ. The smaller they are– the higher her perceived IQ. I promise you, we saw some women who may be hovering in the low 80s. Those big satellite sunglasses aren’t cute on Paris Hilton, imagine how “fabulous” people look with cheap imitations. If you aren’t picking up CSPAN with those bad boys… get some smaller ones and you’ll look so much more fabulous.
What’s up with the ugly tube top deals? I don’t know what they are called. But they are like this lampshade looking shape with no straps. We were in a place in Old Town and I promise you, 2 ladies near us had to adjust themselves 2-3 times per minute. A little advice, either pin those suckers so nothing ever could pop out or get some duct tape. This is almost as odd a fashion item as the low cut jeans/g-string thing. Blech. A side note, these should not be sold in sizes larger than large unless in the maternity department. Under no circumstances should number 1 & 2 be combined. Low IQs and elastic based tops shouldn’t mix.- There are some swimsuit styles out there which should be banned. I don’t mean the teenie weenie or the yellow polka dot bikini as that is fine and normal to see. It seems most women in the 300 lb and up radius have figured out bikinis aren’t for them. But there is a new style that has like no back and this weird swoop thing to about half way across the stomach. Basically, there is a small bit of fabric that connects the bottom of the suit to the top. This shouldn’t be worn by women with rolls (and I’m a dude with rolls, I know how to hide some fat!) and I don’t think that style of swimsuit would look good on anyone. Seriously, the cast from Baywatch would look pretty nasty. It’s the cut, it’s not you girl.
- At the end of a long day at the beach, please don’t cover up #3 with #2 and pop on #1. It just confirms the whole IQ thing.
Speaking of Baywatch, I think I saw The Hoff at Coronado Beach yesterday. Either that or this was one tan dude who looked just like him. We checked the parking lot and Kitt wasn’t to be seen. So I must have been confused.
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Finding a church home: Pre-search thoughts
This week marks the beginning of a new era. For the first time in more than 10 years Kristen and I begin a search for a new church home. Sure, there were other searches before– but they were always tied to employment so that’s a little different. Now that I don’t have a church job we are looking for a new church from a whole new vantage point, and that’s kind of exciting!And so the search begins in earnest.
What are we looking for? There’s no simple answer to that. I wish I were one of those people who could say, “I’m looking for a church of 350-500, a certain type of music, a certain program of discipleship, a certain set of theology, a certain demographic, and looking for families like ours.” But I’m not that kind of person and this isn’t that simple.
So, here’s the deal. We’ll visit a church at least two weeks in a row before deciding if its worth more of our investment or not. It’s simply not fair to judge anything on one shot. (Well, unless the vibe is bad. Then we may not stay beyond the cup of coffee.) We’ll play the role of visitors. We’ll fill out the cards, chat with the people welcome team, etc.
How will we chose the churches to visit? The old fashioned way. We’ll ask some friends. We’ll search the web. We’ll drive around where we live. Stuff like that. But we’d be open to a church marketing to us. Want us to check you out and play secret shopper? Leave a comment or send me an email. Here’s a family of four looking for a place to not only attend, but contribute… come and get us! San Diego, East San Diego County, bring it.
The non-negotiables… because we do have some standards.
– We’re looking for a church that teaches the Biblical truth.
– We’re looking for a church where kids are important.
– We’re looking for a church that expects us to jump in and get involved but will be patient enough to let us settle in.
– We’re looking for a church that is practically passionate about reaching the community we live in.
– We’re looking for a church that values its people, all of ’em.
Other than that, we are open. It can be an old church or a church plant. A big church or a little one. One that has a pretty white steeple or meets in a store front. A church that is huggy… uh, better skip the huggy ones. Fast and loud music or soft and boring.
Last Sunday during the service I looked at Kristen and said, “I’m ready for the next step.” She nodded in agreement. As much as we loved our time in Romeo, it is time.
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“There’s a bat in my bra!”
I caught this on my reader, too good not to share.It was not until her lunch break, at midday when she felt a strange movement inside her bra, which had been hanging on her washing line the previous night.
Miss Hawkins (19 years old) said she got dressed at 7.30am and arrived for work at the Holiday Inn Norwich North, near Norwich International Airport without noticing anything unusual.
“When I was driving to work I felt a slight vibration but I thought it was just my mobile phone in my jacket pocket,” she said. link
Here’s my byline for this story: Teen seeks job as a vampire.
Got one? Post it as a comment.
HT to David
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Is Oprah Dangerous?
Those who know me, know that I’ve long warned my friends that Oprah is not just a talk show host, that she is a person presenting a religious philosophy to millions of people.
So, I’m posting this video for discussion. I know she is the most powerful woman in media. I know millions of people adore every word she says. And I know she does “good things” like The Big Give and the school in South Africa.
I’m not the only one asking, “Is Oprah starting a Cult?” FoxNews asked the same thing. Cult watchdog, Rick Ross, is asking the same thing.
I look forward to your response. (BTW, the political junk at the end… yuck, that almost made this video not get posted!)
By the way, all throughout Exodus God says call me jealous. Here’s an example.
HT to Daniel
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The Myth that You Can Manage Something You Don’t Know
When you watch shows like The Apprentice you see one of the biggest failures of business leadership on display. The thought is that if you are a good manager, you can succeed at managing anything. Hogwash.
As someone who has worked for people doing technical stuff that my bosses didn’t understand most of my adult life, I know that’s a joke. At the end of the day the “doers” and the “managers” need one another. The same is true as BlueCross as it’s true at a church as it’s at YMX. There is a big difference between a “doer” and a “manager of doers.”
There is a cool example of this myth over at 37 Signals blog.
Bill Gates was amazingly technical, and he knew more about the details of his company’s software than most of the people who worked on those details day in and day out. He understood Variants and COM objects and IDispatch and why Automation is different than vtables—and why this might lead to dual interfaces. He worried about date and time functions. He didn’t meddle in software if he trusted the people who were working on it, but you couldn’t bull**** him for a minute because he was a programmer. A real, actual programmer.
For people who love what they do, whether that’s programming, design, designing watches, or building cars, that’s a great motivation to not grow your company too quickly. Enjoy the time when you can actually be a full participant in the actual activities themselves, rather than just managing them.
