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Again I am reading more of Mark Driscoll’s book, Death by Love.  It has been a super good read thus far.  Focused on Jesus whole heartedly and it has been good to catch this side of Driscoll.  He is very pastoral and compassionate, yet leading with Jesus and calling people to Jesus.  Good Stuff.  We are almost to Plano Texas.  We will be staying there for a day or so then home to Tucson.

It was cool to check out Epic Church online today until their feed went down.  I am excited for the near future of Epic Church.  There is a lot of work to be done but one thing is for sure, we cannot loose sight of Jesus or the power of the cross.  We must all be willing to submit to God’s authority and repent of our sin and wickedness in order to be conformed more to the image of Jesus.

The day at the Lake is/was totally awesome.  Maddie totally loved the boat.  Jennifer and I tubed together and rode the jetski together.  I didn’t even scare her.  It has been awesome to spend time together for sure.  It is amazing I have known Jenn’s side of the family for 10 years now.  I am excited to head to Texas tomorrow to see more family.  But not after more lake time!  Also praying for Andrew Johnson who is in NICU in Tucson Arizona!

Made it!  Here is some of the family.  Good times tomorrow for sure.

This was a good day. Here are some thoughts about church planting and maybe another random thing or two.  I also finished reading, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.  It was a really good read.  Surprisingly the book had a lot of scriptural references.  I think I will be able to use this book as a resources as a pastor and church planter in the future.  I would recommend this to anyone who is in sales, public speaking, training or marketing.

Thanks again for all the Birthday wishes.  I am totally excited I get to spend the day with some of my family (not all SORRY MOM).  I am super excited to goto Jonnies for dinner tonight and some OKC friends will be there too.  In the meantime, check out this:

OU, Cavs, Obama, Prop8, and other random thoughts.

Video Blog - May 27th 2009

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I can’t get over the impact that my parents are having on my kids. My parents are the best grandparents that I could dream of for my kids. Riley has a speech delay. He can say far fewer words than he should be able to say right now. One of them is Nana. And he says it with great enthusiasm. When I ask if they want to go to Nana and Granddad’s they scream with excitement and Riley starts jumping up and down and kind of panting like a dog.

My mom and Maddie seem to have a special bond. They do all sorts of things together that I either don’t know how to do, am too busy to do or don’t think of doing with her. They plant flowers together, clean together, cook together, learn about Ostrich eggs together, feed ducks together, make scrambled eggs from an Ostrich egg together, play on the computer together, fill bird feeders together. One day when we were on a walk Maddie pointed to a bush and said “you know the rain smell, well it comes from that bush”. She learned that from my mom.

Riley has a special bond with my dad. Riley thinks he’s the best thing ever. He plays games with both my kids, makes them laugh and scream, reads them stories, watches movies with them, takes them to the dollar store, comes to watch Maddie’s swim lessons, takes them on walks.

Jake and I do lots of these things with our kids too. But the way grandparents can be with the kiddos just seems different than the parents. They seem to love differently, maybe a little more patiently. Not all kids are as lucky, some grandparents just don’t do the job as well as others. I’m so thankful that my kids get to experience the full on wonderful relationship of Granddad and Nana.