Get in the Boat!

We had a guest pastor at our church last Sunday named Obadiah Smith. He was speaking on dreams ant his text was in Luke 8:22. It was a great sermon on how our dreams will come true on the other side if we do the following. You can see my sermon notes above. This is how I pay attention and get the most out of a sermon.

1. Step in the boat (you need to get started!)
2. Push away
3. Turn away
4. Sail away

Yes, we may meet those storms just like Jesus did, but when our dreams are in sync with God's amazing things happen!

Kevin

Boardin' Pastor

I used this cartoon for a cartoon caption contest on Yahoo's Christian Humor Writing Group. I heard several great captions but the winner was Crystal Miller with...

" This kind of lightening bolt wasn't what Rev. Thomas expected for his Sunday morning sermon."

It's fun to see what someone else would write as a caption to you own cartoon.

Kevin

Expirimenting with my own site

I'm attemting to see if I should have my blog through my personal website at www.kevinspear.com. If it works, I will continue my blogs at that site. See what you think.

Kevin

Feeding the five thousand healthily!

I keep hearing all the talk about eating a healthy diet. They must assault you with all this information when you reach middle age.

All the food in the past must have been healthier, right? It wasn't processed. So.... if you're feeding five thousand, you want the best in healthy fare.

Quiet Reflection

It's school time again! The running, yelling and pushing abounds on the playgrounds and the classrooms. I was a quiet kid, so I can imagine wanting a little bit of that quiet reflection. Heaven knows I certainly did a lot of praying in school.
"Dear God, please let their be something new for lunch. Please let their be a place for me at kickball. And Please help that one girl not to have cooties!"

Classroom Consolidation

I love working with kids at my church. I pray I won't get too old to act silly in Sunday school, play a little Twister and drink red punch.

I've seen older people that just love kids and a few who... well, let's just say life has been tough on them and they are no longer user friendly to babies.

Let's keep the faith and stay young, if only young at heart.

Off the Chip episode 219

"The company wanted to save money so they hired a new I.T. consulting firm."

I heard the other day of a consultant who's primary task was to keep himself working with a client. He didn't want to do anything that would put him out of work so he kept doing scrappy little pieces of work to look like he was bein successful, yet he was ensuring he wasn't reaching the ultimate goal.

I have also seen a few luddite I.T. guys before. Can't say I blame them. A new technology comes along and it's just new enough to mess up the whole system when implemented. There is nothing like starting from scratch just when you have all the computers talking nice to each other!