Monday's Muse

1. Yesterday was a special day at Passion. We honored our high school and college graduates. We had 20 this year. That is huge. We gave them each a really cool cross, had prayer over them with their families, and then had a reception after service. Some of our ladies did a great job of putting the reception together.

2. Personally I felt like I struggled a little yesterday to communicate in the first service. That happens sometimes, but I hate it every time it does. Felt better about the message delivery in the second service.

3. Our Sound Tech (Danny Nix) told me after the first service that on the last song (Amazed) the vocals were so tight that it sounded like it was coming straight off of a CD. I am so thankful for our worship team and band. They do a great job and it makes our services powerful every week.

4. We had a new record of 34 people who watched our service live online yesterday including 1 pastor from India! The technology floors me and affords us great opportunity to expand the impact of our ministry. I appreciate Danny Nix and Max Barroso for helping us make this experience more inviting and powerful. In the next few months, we are going to make it possible for our folks who come to church to log in to a computer and invite their friends from FaceBook to join our service online.

5. I am looking forward to One Prayer 2009! The theme this year is "God is". I think it is going to be great.

6. On Pastor Appreciation Day, this past October, our congregation gave me a wild hog hunting trip. I have been wanting to try this for years. Well, the day has come. I am scheduled to go on the hunt this Saturday! I can't wait. Hoping for massive amounts of BBQ in my future. Pray church!