What About Bob

VBS Power Lab!

This week is wild and crazy with over 1100 kids attending our VBS event.

Garden Party

 Arnold “Red” Auerbach once proclaimed, “The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life.”  Tonight, the Celtics clinched their 17th NBA Title in the Banknorth Garden embarrassing the Lakers with a final score of 131 to 92.  Even Kobe, Gasol or Jack Nicholas himself couldn't deny a room full of Bostonians winning moment in one of the most lop-sided playoff scores in NBA history

Boston's 'big three' of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen stepped up on their home court to lead their side to the huge win - Garnett and Allen scoring 26 points apiece and Pierce with 17 points and 10 assists. Kevin Garnett was obviously speechless at game en interviews.  Garnett and former Celtic Bill Russell embraced and celebrated as fans stormed the courts in Boston.  Paul Pierce received the final MPV for the playoff series.  Ray Allen was on tonight with 36 points including 7 3 pointers which ties the record.  .Awesome team. 

 

Crawfish

Crawfish season is about over.  Eli and I found a place down the street that does an OK job of Crawfish and that's pretty good for Dallas.  Eli had more fun that playing with them than eating them.

Wild Boy on Father's Day

On Father's Day eve, my son asked his mother is he could sleep without a shirt on.  After Brandi agreed, she asked why?  Eli stated, "I just want to be a Wild Boy at home and be free."  And so birthed our Wild Boy son. 
 
On Father's Day morning, Eli enters our family room bare chested and proud.  He jumps into my lap and declares his Wild Boy status, "I'm a Wild Boy now, Dad.  I'm the wildest boy in this family."  Holding back a chuckle, I encouraged my son that he WAS the wildest boy in our family and asked him if he had a name.  "Yes", he proclaimed; "my new name is Mowgli."  And so it was Jungle Book all day today.  I was continually correct many times on my son's new moniker.

After that early morning moment, it wasn't long before Eli and Mom brought out Father's Day gifts and many at that!  At the end of the day I had many shirts, books, and a new pair of sunglasses!  Wow, what a day.  But my favorite gift of all came early that morning when my son jumped into my lap.  Whether it's about Wild Boy or printing coloring posters for his latest book, I'll never tire of his enthusiasm, passion for life and unconditional love.

When God breathed Dads into existence, He gave us a glimpse into that relationship between Creator and mankind.  I'm sure He chuckles a bit at our plans and schemes, but that doesn't matter so much.  What does is that we sit at His feet for a while. 

Dennis Jernigan's "Daddy's Song" is a song that transcends as it speaks to that relationship with our Heavenly Father.  It's a long song so don't listen passively.  Take the time and let it minister to you. 

Take a listen or check out the lyrics below...

Worship Industry

I found this video on YouTube by Brian McLaren who is a pastor, speaker, and author.  He has one excellent book he co-wrote with Tony Campolo entitled "Adventures in Missing the Point:  How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel.'   I couldn't agree more with the message of this video.  By making it pretty it ends up cheap.

Timber!

Texas winds took down most of my nice shade this week. Our Bradford
Pear tree split into. Bummer.

Saturday Fun

Meredith & Eli play in the backyard on a beautiful Saturday in Texas.

Gasoline Scenarios

Gas prices are on a roller coaster ride and we may think $3.50 a gallon is a great price in the future.  If crude hits $150 a barrel, we could be looking at $5 a gallon or so for the retail price of gasoline. That's based on TODAY'S $3.73-a-gallon national average and the rule of thumb that, for every $1 increase in crude oil, the pump price rises 5 cents a gallon.

If crude hits $200, the retail price of gas jumps to $7.52 a gallon. (Plus or minus a few cents) To fill my 20-gallon gas tank on my Suburban would cost $150!

Gasoline at $7.50 a gallon is something nobody should go into denial over because there are going to be big problems from prices at these levels.

Will there be any U.S.-based auto manufacturers left? The answer depends entirely on how fast they can transform their product lines. Chrysler is in deep trouble already. That probably means more stress for the Midwest.

Will there be any domestic airlines left?  This means big troubles for cities where these airlines operate hubs that generate thousands of jobs like Atlanta, Cleveland, Newark, Houston, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Memphis and Minneapolis-St. Paul.

How will big convention cities survive? Places like Las Vegas, New Orleans, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Houston have thriving convention industries, all built around the capacity of airlines to transport conventioneers to and from the destinations relatively cheaply. Emphasis on the word "cheaply."

How will tourist destinations like Florida or Hawaii cope?

Sales of homes in outer suburbs are falling and not just because of the credit crunch and the subprime mortgage mess. Look at the stock prices of U.S. airlines, down 90% in the last 10 years.

Many commentators have wondered at the ability of Americans to grin and bear higher gas prices. But I'm way past grinning and bearing it. It's just gotten expensive.  I read that over the first four months of 2008 gasoline has cost the USA $757.24 million a day more than in the first four months of 2002.

That’s more than the estimated $720 million a day spent in Iraq....

Quarterback Question for LSU

I'm sure you've heard the news this past weekend about the release of Ryan Perrilloux, LSU's starting quarterback for 2008.  From what I'm hearing, this departure will not affect LSU. There are two red-shirt freshmen who are doing well in spring practice. 

Coaches are liking Jarrett Lee, a freshman from Brenham, Texas.  Lee was a class 5-A All-state quarterback  and had scholarship offers from many football powerhouse programs. Lee is a 6'2", 190 red-shirt freshman who is very smart and knows the playbook forwards and backwards.

The other guy who is doing very well in practice and giving Lee a run for his money is Andrew Hatch who is a 6'3", 214 junior from Henderson, Nevada (by way of Harvard) with a strong arm and great foot speed. Lee and Hatch both have some similarities to Matt Mauck and Matt Flynn, and LSU won national titles with Mauck and Flynn in their senior seasons at LSU.

Mothering Sunday

The beginnings of Mother's Day

Mothering Sunday, also called "Mothers' Day" in the United Kingdom and Ireland  falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent   (exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday ). It is believed to have originated from the 16th century Christian practice of visiting one's mother church annually, which meant that most mothers would be reunited with their children on this day. Most historians believe that young apprentices and young women in servitude were released by their masters that weekend in order to visit their families.  As a result of secularization, it is now principally used to celebrate and give thanks for mothers, although it is still recognised in the historical sense by some churches, with attention paid to Mary the mother of Jesus as well as the traditional concept "Mother Church".

Looking for a Mother's Day Gift?  Check out Design a Mosaic.  Take your photo album and create a work of art!