Finally…some thoughts to begin and/or end a week:
- Fall has arrived!!! It truly is my favorite season and is such a great shift from the heat. We broke out some fall decor at the house and have been burning some candles to give it that whole feel. This week we may even fire up the outdoor fire pit!!! Gettin’ crazy!
- Just launched “the six”, our new evening service @ The Crossing. I’m personally really enjoying it. Great vibe, great group of people, and just all around awesome. And some new folks as well…
- I was at the gym Friday working the abs (kind of) and a couple fellow gym dudes approached, introduced themselves, and let me know they had been at the six the previous week and loved it. Saw them again tonight… love creative ways to reach more folks.
- It has been a losing weekend around the Coate home. In order: -Rough loss in LL baseball Saturday, attended UNLV football game Sat. night and watched them get slaughtered, loss by Red Sox (swept), Yankees win (can’t stand Yanks), Arizona loses on a fluke off the foot interception and…Patriots lose. When it rains, it pours.
- Three from the Crossing are headed to India tomorrow morning for two weeks of ministry and prep work as we begin a new partnership planting churches in India. We’re hoping to be able to get some video uploaded from them while they are on the ground.
- Studying and prepping for message from Philippians chapter 2 next week…
- Played golf for the first time in three months on Friday… good time, great weather.
- Planning on heading to Utah a couple times over the next month to catch some fall leaves and even cooler weather.
- If college football would adapt a playoff system (ala NFL) and the NFL would adapt an overtime rule that makes sense (ala College football) everyone would be happy… right?
- Looking forward to Halloween and some trick or treating. We fall back that day…so an extra hour won’t hurt. Need to stock up on movie candy for the rest of the year… lots of Reeses Peanut Butter cups.
- New unearthed Babe Ruth footage discovered recently… pretty cool… check it out
- One of the LL kids I coach took a ground ball off their face on Saturday. No lasting damage but a lot of swelling of the lip, some blood, and the laces left a nice mark on his face. Hey, at least he knocked it down.
- Starting last week teaching a class on Tuesday evenings at Lincoln University here in Vegas. Pretty amazing dialogue with students and I’m enjoying the prep process and interaction. This week, they’re watching the movie Chocolate (old but good) and we’ll be discussing it in class.
- The World Series hasn’t even taken place yet… and I’m ready for Spring Training!!!!
- Finished reading “Prodigal God” by Tim Keller with my Tuesday morning group…great, easy read with some challenging thoughts especially for “us” elder brother types. Pick it up and give it a read…I highly recommend it.
- Went to a Las Vegas “pumpkin patch” with the fam on Saturday morning. We were there approximately 20 minutes…just long enough to snap a few pics of the kids, pick our $5 pumpkin, take a glance around, and that was that. Things definitely change a bit as your kids get older. Face painting and bounce houses just don’t mean as much to them anymore.
- God keeps reminding me of the power and place of encouragement. It’s great to receive it, but also extremely powerful to honestly and authentically give it. Encourage somebody this week…they need it.
Have a great week!




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