Life is Peachy

About this time each year, my Dad (who lives in St. Francis, Kansas) makes a trip to Palisades to Colorado (with a truck and horse trailer) to bring back boxes and boxes of the most delicious peaches you've ever tasted, to neighbors that have placed their orders. The last 2 years, I've gotten to go along, too. Dad pickes me up at the Denver airport and we go up to Palisdaes from there--it takes about 6 hours to get there (from Denver) complete with steep grades and hills. My Dad is a good driver, but there were times when.... well, let's just say, God and I were talking ALOT!

The next 3 days, I will be attending a Fitness Convention in Dallas. I hope to have some great things to share with you. It's great to be back!

A Pastor's Heart

I belong to a wonderful church family. We laugh together, we work out together, we pray together, we learn together, we worship together, we grief together, and we rejoice together. During the past year, we have done all of the above. Unfortunately, we have done more grieving than I can ever remember a church family doing in a year. Today, we had a great reason to rejoice. A candidate came today and shared not only a wonderful message, but he shared his heart. He loves the Lord and he loves the people he ministers to--it's so evident. We have 4 church services. The one we usually attend is the first service. During the first service, several people including myself, were moved to tears. Pastor Steve shared about compassion and ministry and how our world would be transformed if we could master the art of serving them up together, serving them up often, and serving them up unselfishly. Boy, do I have my work cut out for me. I believe the tears were not only about the content of the message, but also about the deliverer of the message--I believe they were tears of appreciation and hope. Pastor Steve, thank you! I hope you will be our Pastor at CBC, but if God leads you otherwise--thank you for sharing yourself with us, today.