Monday, September 29, 2008

Stephanie

I could also title this post, Why My Wife is Awesome!
Here is a post she put up over at that other really cool blog I write for, The Elevate Blog
I love it whenever she writes or teaches, because she has a way of communicating to the women in our college ministry that leaves a lasting impression each time she takes the lead. I couldn't ask for a better partner in ministry, or a better friend.

Check this out!
As Mauricio and I are sitting down watching CNN's Anderson Coopers's 360 show have discussions about the bailout being rejected and covering Sarah Palin's campaign (discussing it heavily) especially as the vice presidential debates gets closer this Thursday...

One of the commentators mentioned that part of the preparation for the debates is to have a mock-debate where they ask her questions and see how she will answer. They will take measures to ensure she is knowledgeable so she is able to answer "authentically" as opposed to being a puppet and having an advisor speak through her... Hmmmmm..... Now, please don't mistake this post with promoting one political party or candidate over another... it's definitely not about that!

But honestly, that comment is still echoing in my mind.... "she needs to answer authentically" Why? I found the comment very interesting especially considering the discussion tonight in Elevate. Why is authenticity so important during this presidential campaign? Do you trust the platform you're planning to vote on? Do you feel they're authentic enough that they've won your authentic vote? Think about it.... if you don't trust a candidate and feel they're genuine, then you probably won't buy into what they "so-called" represent. Its kind of similar to our relationship with Christ!

...want to read more? Then hop on over to the Elevate blog!

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Falling Slowly

I can't believe it's taken me this long to discover The Swell Season...ah, well. Better late than never, I suppose...

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Adventures in Ministry

Okay, the just the facts:

1) This weekend, Flamingo Road Church brought over 20,000 pounds worth of water and supplies for Haiti relief.

2) We brought two trucks to collect the supplies. We should have brought four.

3) Supply trailers shouldn't be parked on soft grass, especially when they tip over while filled with a team of church volunteers (and 1 cameraman) packing it with water.

4) Now we are donating a crane

Thursday, September 11, 2008

What Ian likes to do while things are rendering...




















*Actually, he does productive stuff all the time, I just happened to catch him in one of his stir-crazy moments after a really long day

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Lifechange @ Flamingo

I would have posted this earlier, but I needed a few days to recover from the archives-raiding extravaganza that was last week's production schedule...Two days of frantic tape-raiding with eight volunteers and three playback stations running almost continuously (and we still have almost an entire wall of shelves full of tapes we hadn't gone through) yielded its prize: a sick look back at some of the most inspiring interviews profiling the life change that we get to be a part of on a daily basis at Flamingo.

We are a blessed little crew.



Life Change from Flamingo Road Church on Vimeo.