BST's Blog

Sheryl and the girls went to K-Mart yesterday and bought the wonderful, amazing, most summery...Slip and Slide. We have a big hill in our back yard that is PERFECT for the Slip and Slide. We set it up with the hose after work yesterday and the water spraying proved to be quite the obstacle for Maddie. Ella, however, loved it. She was sitting on the slide just getting soaked and laughing. We had a great time. We're going to try just running the hose down the slide to see if that might be more acceptable for Miss Maddie. It's funny--she's a daredevil to a certain extent. She loves roller coasters. She loves swinging as high as possible. But when texture is involved--water, sand, etc.--then things change.

AMERICAN IDOL!!!! A guilty pleasure. Fantasia and LaToya. Please! Maybe I can convince one of them to come sing with ZOE instead of Simon? Right.

We met this morning about our Saturday night service. We're trying to think through what it will look like this fall when we go weekly instead of monthly. It will most definitely mean staff adjustments and a hire (at least we are convinced). It's exciting to think about building a new community at that service.

Next week I am attending the Emergent Conference here in Nashville with speakers like Brennan Manning, Brian McLaren, and Dan Kimball. I feel like I am waiting with great expectation for this conference. I want to understand more about post modernity. I want to know what things are working. I want to be able to talk to McLaren and others and ask them how they're navigating these treacherous waters. I really can not wait.

Some of our best friends in Nashville, Paul and Jill Young, are going through a rough time. Yesterday Jill doubled over in pain thinking she was having an aneurysm. Her head was literally exploding in pain. She crawled next door to their neighbor's house and the neighbor was able to take her to the ER. They still don't know what is wrong with her, but she vomited for about 12 hours straight. Please keep her in your prayers. Their sons, Mack and Champ, are already promised to our Maddie and Ella. We love these people very much.

We have a rehearsal tonight with ZOE for the recording. We need to get three or four songs done next week in time for the pre-release on June 4th. Another prayer need.

Father, bless your most wonderful name! Thank you for the connections at Pepperdine with people and hearts. Thank you for displaying Your power. Thank you for being so active in so many lives and churches. Thank you for being in control. You've told us the Church is your bride. Show us what that means. Show us what wineskin will be best in building your Kingdom in this new millennium. Thank you for being more concerned about this than any one of us could possibly imagine.