vanity oh vanity

i have been thinking a lot lately about how much vanity must be involved to be part of the blogosphere. how else could one find it appropriate to say to the world, "here are my thoughts, you need these...enjoy!" what is it that drives us, as humans, to think that somehow we are, or ought to be, this important. i have read countless people's blogs of many professions (ministerial and otherwise) and wondered how they had so much time to sit at a computer. i have read others' and found myself marveling at the amount of narcisism that must exist in these persons' self awareness.

then i began to think about what it is that we do as ministers. we stand in front of a crowd, (hopefully) and trust that we have been in communion with the Almighty so that we may minister to those who need ministering to. i know that there is much more to ministry than speaking. (trust me, i work with middle schoolers) but i have been thinking about this very much.

do i simply want to be heard?

what makes me so different?

what makes me so special?

filled with the spirit

i have been thinking about what it means to be filled with the spirit lately. i want to badly for all the decisions that i make in my life..

anyone have any thoughts??

back to normal (right...)

i am so excited about getting back to speak at our MS program tonight. it has been a hectic 10 days. i have spoken at our kids worship services, high school, and college, and had to miss a couple of our programs, but hopefully tonight we can get back in a good routine again. i'm excited to get to hang with my kids tonight. talking about being excited, i can't wait to see the look on their faces when we reveal what we are going to be doing this fall. just gonna have to wait and see.