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Soccer is done…. now it’s full-swing baseball/softball

One season is coming to an end.  Madison finished her spring soccer season Saturday.  They went 6-0 and learned a lot and had a lot of fun.  Here are some pics.

Baseball and softball is in full swing.  Three games still coming up this week (as long as the weather doesn’t get bad).  Ethan’s team is 2-1, while Madison’s is 2-0 so far.  I’m having fun watching them.

A Great Sports Saturday

Well, we got thru Saturday with opening day for softball and baseball, and we actually got to play all the games.  A lot of the morning games were cancelled because of all the rain on Friday, but since Ethan and Madison’s games were late we were able to play.

Madison had a full day with soccer in the morning and then her softball game at 2:00.  She did a great job in both games and gave her best effort in both.  Her soccer team got the lead and never let it go.  The softball team got off to a slow start in the first couple innings but came back from a large deficit to win in the last inning.

Ethan also had a great game and I think he had a lot of fun as his team took a commanding lead early and held on for the win.

Aunt Sue came out for the games and I think she had a lot of fun watching them play.

Revived blog

I’m reviving this blog after about a year off.  I wanted to keep up-to-date with the kids’ sports schedules and keep it posted online so you will notice two new pages titled Madison’s Page and Ethan’s Page.  I will keep sports schedules for each of them updated here along with their records and maybe other information as well.

I would also like to get back into posting personal stuff on the blog from time-to-time also just for fun.

Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s out there.  I pray that as dad’s you have the courage to always do the right thing, even when no one else is looking.  I pray that you love your wife and your children as Christ loves his people.  I pray that you are always a positive example to all those around you, especially your kids.

Have a great day!

I’m still here

Well, I’m still around.  I’ve had kind of a rough few weeks lately.  The day after Mother’s Day I was at my son’s baseball game and my back suddenly started hurting really bad.  In a matter of moments I was on the ground with extreme back pain, which was going down my left leg causing my lower leg and foot to tingle.  It turns out I have a herniated disc which is pinching my nerve and causing the tingling and numbness in my leg.  It’s feeling better now but the tingling is still there. 

My doctor told me I needed surgery, and offered no alternatives and quite frankly gave me very little information.  I feel like all I was to him was a billable appointment.  I think I’m too young to have surgery unless I have to, so I went to a chiropractor and they feel they can help me.  I’ve talked to a LOT of people who go to a chiropractor and I haven’t heard anyone say that it didn’t help them.

Hopefully I’ll continue to get better.  It’s no fun being so limited in what you can do.  My wife has done a lot of extra work (mowing the lawn, taking the laundry downstairs, etc) and she needs a break.

Keeping a Calendar

Last week I realized that I had better start keeping my own calendar so I could keep up with all the ballgames, practices, church stuff, etc. in my life.  I’ve tried this before using a PDA but didn’t keep up with it very well.  At the time, my PDA wasn’t online and I always had to sync it by plugging it in at home.  It was too much hassle.  This time I thought I would use the calendar feature from AOL.  I use AOL for my email, and I’m constantly on it, so I figured it would make things easier by putting my calendar on AOL too.  So far it’s working good.  I can check email and look at the calendar at the same time, especially now that AOL has a new beta version of their email.  Go to AOL and check it out.

Christian or Christ Follower

So which are you?

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Reaching our culture

In a previous entry I talked about how God never changes, but I believe that we need to change the methods with which we present God to others.  We need to stay relevant to today’s culture and present the truth in a way that people can understand.  This blog entry, Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes from Relevant Christian says it as good as it can be said.

Church Media Team Volunteer Burnout

Along the lines of my last post.  How many times have you gotten just burned out as a volunteer?  It’s happened all too often to me.  I guess I brought this on myself by my desire to get involved in the first place, but now I get phone calls from church staff members telling me what I need to do.  I love the staff, they’re great people, but they need to understand that this is not my job.  I don’t get paid to do what I do, I’m a volunteer!

If I had the time, I would love to create graphics, videos etc. every week, run powerpoint and audio for all those little events that happen each week, but it’s just not possible.

If you’re a church staff member or pastor and you’re reading this, please make sure you consider that your tech volunteers are just that: VOLUNTEERS.  They most likely love to help you out, but can’t always do what you’d like them to do.

More churches need to consider hiring technical people.