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Thursday, 02 July 2009

  • Gluttony

    My friend Richard took me and two other guys to the Dodgers game for a birthday present.  Awesome.  Even better we sat in the right field pavilion--the ticket which entitles you to all you can eat (hot dogs, soda, nachos, peanuts, popcorn).   Here are some picture highlights:








    Surprisingly, I didn't really eat as much as I thought I would.  A little bit of ballpark food goes a long way.

Thursday, 25 June 2009

  • A Different Perspective On Small Groups

    I came across this today and it has got me thinking.  What are your thoughts?

     By Jason Jaggard
      
    "Why is it that pastors are so passionate about small groups yet are rarely in one themselves?"
     
    It's a fair question.
     
    A spiritual leader I know once referenced small groups as the 'speed dating' of friendship.  A place where people get together, talk about their daddy wounds with folks they've never met.  Small groups usually start out great, but then they begin to lose their energy after a month or two and the group divides into two camps: one group of people who are the committed types would go to a root canal every week if they had promised to.  The other group are those who happen to find something else to do, are sick, had a root canal to go to instead of going to the boring small group.  Those who left feel guilty.  Those who stay judge those who left.
     
    It's beautiful, really.
     
    That's why I'm calling an end to small groups and crying out for a shift towards friendship.  Healthy people don't need small groups- they need to bring people into their social network.  People don't need groups, they need friends.  Somehow the whole world has survived without the strange concoction of the 'small group' that churches readily and sincerely embraced in the 90s.
     
    I almost never talk about small groups at Mosaic.  I almost always talk about getting around some good people that can bring out the best in you- people you can partner with and do something meaningful with your lives.
     
    In other words: get some friends and get a life.
     
    I wonder if we put the Prius in front of the lithium battery on this one and just try to get everyone into our pre-programmed infrastructure, rather than creating a value for healthy friendship- something that is difficult [impossible?] to achieve without the active presence of God among us.


Monday, 15 June 2009

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

  • Stuffing The Ballot Box


    While at the Padres game, Anna learned that they were giving away free Tshirts to anyone who would complete 50 All-Star Ballots while voting for Adrian Gonzalez to start at first base for the National League.  Game on for Anna.  She got busy and started punching ballots for Adrian.  Unfortunately, the reward was not a T-shirt after all, but a Padres pillow case.  Not as cool as a Tshirt, but she is sleeping well on her Friar pillow case nonetheless.

Tuesday, 09 June 2009

  • Vacation

    I spent last week in Michigan with my folks.  Had a great visit and rest. 

    Christy picked me up at the airport on Saturday morning and we went to San Diego for two nights. 





    For my birthday the family got us tickets to go see the Padres and Diamondbacks on Sunday.  Petco Park is now my favorite stadium to see a baseball game.




    They got us some great seats.


    We left with the Padres trailing 6-1 after 7 innings.  There were other things we wanted to see that day.  Hours later we turned the radio on to find the game in the 17th inning.  The Dbacks won it in 18.

    Josh and I went golfing Monday morning before we headed back to Ojai.



    On the way home Monday we came across a place called "Big League Dreams" in Chino Hills.  It is way beyond cool--a softball complex where each field is a mini replica of old-time Major League Stadiums. 

    Here is Wrigley Field:



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