Some Post Vacation Ramblings…

So since a lot of you had to put up with my endless twitters and Facebook updates from various locales in So Cal, I had to put a few rehash thoughts in place.  Here we go…

• Did some post Vacation Restaurant review yesterday.  
• Kids got to ride the Giant Dipper roller coaster at Mission Beach.  Listening to the thing scared me to death as it rattled and rolled, but they had an awesome time on this classic coaster.
• Austin made the Little League All-Star team even though he was still recovering from his surgery.  He is healing up well and will start practicing tomorrow night with the team.  Never made an all-star team myself so I’ll be living vicariously through him.  Is that ok?
• I’m pretty pumped up about the US Open (golf, not tennis) beginning this week at Bethpage in New York.  Great course, great competition, great event to watch.
• Vacation is great because the clock becomes meaningless and time slows down.  We spent a lot of time by the pool at our hotel just getting sun burned, reading, and listening to some great music.  I felt guilty for a few moments…but got over it quickly.
• Finished reading “An Unlikely Disciple”.  Gotta tell you, the book was really appealing and had some great perspectives.  If you are a Christian leader or consider yourself a Christian, you should get this book and read it sometime this summer.   You won’t be disappointed.
• Getting pretty excited about the fall launch of our Sunday evening worship service, the six.  Lots of work to be done before it launches, but this will open up a lot of new possibilities for The Crossing.
• Laid out and read all afternoon by the pool… realized how white I am.  Or was…Now I am bright red and pink.
• As I said earlier this week, anything you eat by the pool tastes really good.  I forgot to add, “it also is EXTREMELY expensive.”
• I find myself more and more wanting to be around people that inspire, motivate, and have passion.  Life’s too short to be pulling people along all the time.
• Starting to read Blue Like Jazz with my Tuesday AM group.  It has become a classic, but most of my guys haven’t been exposed to it so it will be a good, light summer read.  It should inspire some great conversation as well.
• I’ve played golf once in the last 3 months.  Is that a good thing?  Maybe.
• So the whole “church online’ thing is really taking off with more and more “campuses” popping up everyday.  We do a live feed each service with the accompanying chat but I wouldn’t quite call it “church” just yet.  I consider myself progress (my perspective only) but I’m still not sure this is ultimately going to be all it’s cracked up to be.  Can something be so attractive because it is innovative, yet have little impact?  I think so.
• Life’s a bit serious right now.  Need to find some stuff to laugh and write about.
• If you need some refreshing perspective,  listen to a baseball game on the radio.  From first pitch to last.

~ by Lee Coate on June 15, 2009.