Small Groups reign

Thursday was a day where my friend James needed a ride to the hospital. He broke his nose playing soccer and he was out of it. James has been a real contributor in our small group and is a very caring person.



Thursday night was Surge at the Church in Henderson. Several small group leaders went from Summerlin and it was very inspirational. Because Las Vegas leads the nation in suicides, addictions, divorces, and just about everything else that society does wrong we all need to step up and do more to bring people to Christ. Our pastor drove the big van and it was a great evening of fellowship.

This is just a few of the small group leaders from Summerlin. There were over 300 small group leaders that attended from both campuses.

Our small group gets together again right after Labor Day after a 1 1/2 month summer break. At Church today several of us got together and were excited to realize we would soon be together again just like the small Christian groups did in the Book of Acts when the church first started. One of the first things we will be doing is seeing this DVD by this very funny geek pastor who really has a great way of communicating. We will be seeing "Everything is Spiritual" by Rob Bell.

After Church I went to a connection event and got two more couples to come to our small group meeting. I'm excited...

Being a Techy

Oh to be able to keep up with technology. This is what allows us to sell real estate out of our home, monitor currency trading, do Christmas letters, and greeting cards among other things.

This weekend our fax machine went down. We needed it badly in our real estate business for some important documents. Bj has more tenacity than anybody I know. She tried everything to get it to work including getting into the hub of our wiring in the pantry. This morning she added an updated driver to the machine and wal-a. It fixed it!

Back to the Blog

Well it has been two weeks since I published this blog. I wrote a piece about the book of Revelation which I am studying but found it to be too deep for me to even understand in rereading it. So I am back to square one. Some significant things that have happened since I last published - I went and had breathing tests by my pulmonary doctor and good news. They were better than they were two years ago. With the death of Bernie Mac - it has brought out much about my disease "sarcoidosis" and what it is all about. The condition started when I was living in the Seattle area and has obviously not gotten any worse here in Las Vegas. Do you think the master plan was for me to come here and by the grace of God I am still alive? I do not believe I have finished all that he wants me to do before I go join him for all eternity.

Church today was all about what "Church" is. Nothing to do with a building or events that go on - but about people - people in God's community. They are so intertwined in my life.

Last night was the "Showdown at Saddleback". The format was outstanding because it eliminated all of the jabs that the candidates throw at each other. If you did not see it - Rick Warren asked each candidate the same questions, without the other candidate hearing what each other had said. It really pointed out the vast differences between each of them but highlighted their strengths. There should be more formats like that to make the decision easier for those who are on the fence.

Last night was my high school class reunion. I felt bad I could not be there but worse because I was not able to visit my family who I miss terribly....

Beautiful Music

This was the morning we deviated from our normal church service and went back and relived our Lutheran background. The reason was to hear the Taylors sing "The Prayer" and it was exhilarating. Katharyne is fantastic and Stephen - Wow! The service was more ritualistic than what we experience at Central Christian - but it was for God's glory, very well done.....

Fun in the Kitchen

Yesterday was another amazing day! Real estate in the morning and raviolis in the afternoon! Bj and I had a day of cooking. I am the baker and she is the chef. She for the most part created the pasta and I made bread. The only thing we had to put up with was the temperature was 108 degrees outside and see as how we are economizing - the temperature got pretty warm inside when the oven was heated to 500 degrees to make the Ciabatta bread. The boys and Kristina came over in late afternoon to use the pool making the day complete.

Sorry

Last evening before the boys went home, Damian and Isaiah - our grandchildren, we sat down for our last game of "Sorry". When the boys are with us - they dominate our time. Sorry is a game that Ryan, my brother, and I played as we were growing up. Because the boys had lost the rules we had to make them up as we went along. Damian ended up wooping me. Oh well - that's the way it goes when your a grandpa....