We found out last night that one of our members passed away. We are now traveling back for the funeral. I'm writing this blog from my hotel room. There have been over 12 funerals for members at our congregation in my nine years. Of course there have been probably almost as much with friends and family members of our members. I have done more funerals in my nine years at the Tabernacle Church of Christ than in seventeen years at the Randolph Church of Christ.
The presentation for the Harding Lectureship went well yesterday. The first two classes were so crowded we had people standing. It's always satisfying to have more come to your presentations than expected. A few came to all three. It was great to share ideas with fellow preachers and interested members. We also got to plug some programs that others in the Churches of Christ have created. I was really pleased with the presentations and the feedback I got from those who attended. I could get use to doing this more often.
Tonight we watched the season premiere of CSI. The program had a song at the beginning of the show and then at the end. It sounded familar but I couldn't think of the name or the artist. I tried Google and found some websites that list songs used on CSI. Imagine, a whole website devoted to the songs on CSI! The premiere show is too new for the song to be listed so I will have to wait.
Thanks for reading.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Harding Lectureship
Today is the day that my father-in-law (Lon Mohundro) and I present three classes at the Harding Lectureship. We have shared ideas for several weeks and have put those ideas on PowerPoint and now is the time to actually present them. I'm surprising calm this morning. I'm not overly worried about the presentation. I think I'm more worried that I have enough material to last the complete period. Imagine a preacher worried that he has enough material?!
We had dinner last night with my son, Trey, his roommate, one of his friends, and Bobby Carr from Tabernacle. It was good to have dinner with them. I have especially enjoyed coffee with Trey at Midnight Oil. He is quite competent at creating the different coffee drinks there. I wouldn't mind being closer to Trey to spend a little more time with him. Of course that is something I long for with all of my kids.
Yesterday was good at the lectureships. Buddy Bell had a particularly good keynote lesson at 11:00 AM. He also did well at the chapel service for the students. His blend of humor and seriousness was well received by the audience.
Last night I heard Prentice Meador for the first time. He woke up yesterday with laryngitis yesterday. You could tell that he still had a touch of it as he spoke. His lesson was especially poignant as he told about his granddaughter's struggle with leukemia. Having three grandchildren, I can imagine the pain of finding out that one of your grandchildren has such a disease.
I'm looking forward to traveling tomorrow. We are going to visit the Hendersonville, NC area. I'm in conversation with the congregation there about the possibility of coming to work with them and we just want to see what the area is like. After our brief visit we will be traveling back home to Tabernacle.
And so that is all the blather for today.
We had dinner last night with my son, Trey, his roommate, one of his friends, and Bobby Carr from Tabernacle. It was good to have dinner with them. I have especially enjoyed coffee with Trey at Midnight Oil. He is quite competent at creating the different coffee drinks there. I wouldn't mind being closer to Trey to spend a little more time with him. Of course that is something I long for with all of my kids.
Yesterday was good at the lectureships. Buddy Bell had a particularly good keynote lesson at 11:00 AM. He also did well at the chapel service for the students. His blend of humor and seriousness was well received by the audience.
Last night I heard Prentice Meador for the first time. He woke up yesterday with laryngitis yesterday. You could tell that he still had a touch of it as he spoke. His lesson was especially poignant as he told about his granddaughter's struggle with leukemia. Having three grandchildren, I can imagine the pain of finding out that one of your grandchildren has such a disease.
I'm looking forward to traveling tomorrow. We are going to visit the Hendersonville, NC area. I'm in conversation with the congregation there about the possibility of coming to work with them and we just want to see what the area is like. After our brief visit we will be traveling back home to Tabernacle.
And so that is all the blather for today.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
My first blog
Well, I've finally done it. I've created a blog. My son has one. Now I have one. I'm not sure how disciplined I will be in adding posts. I am seldom without something to say. Whether or not I have an audience makes little difference to me. So here goes.
I'm currently at the Harding University Lectureships in Searcy, AR. For those of you who may have stumbled onto my new blog, Harding is within the fellowship of the Churches of Christ. I am a preacher within that fellowship. The brother-in-law of one of our deacons where I preach told me that he thought the lectureships in the Churches of Christ were the source of our unity. I think he's mostly correct in that judgment. I love being at our lectureships (at least most of them). I am constantly meeting people who know people that I know. I usually have a great time!
My great time is enhanced here because I can spend a little time with our son, Trey. He's a senior here at Harding. Last summer he stayed in Searcy and worked rather than coming home for the summer. I missed him more than I am willing to admit. Even though he could have saved rent and utilities by coming home, his need for independence was greater. I understand that. I wanted to be independent from my parents when I was his age. I hope he has learned much from his independence.
I'm not sure how long blogs are supposed to be but I'm going to terminate this session. I have a lot more to say but this is all for my first time.
I'm currently at the Harding University Lectureships in Searcy, AR. For those of you who may have stumbled onto my new blog, Harding is within the fellowship of the Churches of Christ. I am a preacher within that fellowship. The brother-in-law of one of our deacons where I preach told me that he thought the lectureships in the Churches of Christ were the source of our unity. I think he's mostly correct in that judgment. I love being at our lectureships (at least most of them). I am constantly meeting people who know people that I know. I usually have a great time!
My great time is enhanced here because I can spend a little time with our son, Trey. He's a senior here at Harding. Last summer he stayed in Searcy and worked rather than coming home for the summer. I missed him more than I am willing to admit. Even though he could have saved rent and utilities by coming home, his need for independence was greater. I understand that. I wanted to be independent from my parents when I was his age. I hope he has learned much from his independence.
I'm not sure how long blogs are supposed to be but I'm going to terminate this session. I have a lot more to say but this is all for my first time.
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