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Here it is. My first video blog. Going to try this out for a while instead of writing. Not sure about it. We’ll see. Here it goes.

In one of those not-so-rare moments of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion that I experienced while on mission in Thailand, I was feeling a bit nostalgic. Whether misplaced or not, this weird moment of nostalgia was placed on a TV show that I remember watching when I was a youngster. The acting left a bit to be desired, but our family loved the antics and one of the main character’s catch phrases has stayed with me for years, “What? Where? Why?” (remember who said that?)

Anyway – just thought I’d leave you with an image and a theme song and see how many of you remember watching the Sweathogs?

First Day in Huay Malai

Ok. So I’m leaving for Thailand in less than six days. It some how makes me feel a bit guilty to be so excited to be going – knowing that I leave my loving family behind. It makes me feel better remembering that the last time I went I was equally excited to go, but even more excited to come home!

I was thinking today about how little anxiety I have about the trip. That’s awesome. Cuz first time I went, I was a basket case for quite some time.

Anyway – I’ll be posting regular updates on my blog here and at the church web-site which is ccchutch.com. I’m too lazy to link it, just cut and paste, okay?

TTYL

Post-encounter. What can I say except it was exactly what the title says it is – it is an “Encounter with Jesus Christ.” Am I glad I went. Most certainly. Would I go again – yes. Would I recommend it to anyone else? I would recommend it to every single man on the planet. It is an awesome experience. And mostly it’s an awesome encounter with the cross of Jesus Christ.

It’s one of those things where, you know, it’s not about getting new information, it’s about letting the news of the Cross really filter into your heart and letting it do what God intends for it to do.

The next Men’s Encounter at Oronogo is November 6-8. And yes, if there are ANY men from Crossroads who wish to go – please do. It only costs $100.00 per person – and if you can’t afford it, we’ll try to find you a scholarship. Just shoot me an e-mail if you can go! (lee@ccchutch.com).

So anyway – I’m going to this men’s encounger this weekend with Christ’s Church of Oronogo. A good friend of mine who used to live in Hutch and moved down to southeast KS went and raves about it. I’m looking forward to it. It sounds to me a bit like spiritual boot-camp, which is a good thing.

I know the whole point of boot-camp is to break you down and build you back up again. I think all men need that occasionally. Not just spiritually, but all the way around. I’ll let you know how it went when I get back. I’ll be out of pocket for a couple of days.

Wishing you all the best.

Wha. . . ? Happy New Year in August? Well – yeah actually! For all practical purposes – my family, like most I think, really starts th new year when the kids are off to school. I mean really – that’s when schedules change for 9 months. That’s when new teachers are assigned, new friends are made, new programs are started both at school and at church. So yeah – Happy New Year!

That being said – maybe it’s a good time to make a New Year’s resolution, or to reflect back on the old ones. You remember – back in January when you resolved to lose 10 pounts, stop smoking, start kissing your wife goodbye every day, all that stuff.

So how did you do? Yeah – me neither.

‘-)

I admit it. I have largely lost the drive to blog. First of all, let me say that I think a person generally gets into blogging because he or she believes that the words they share are going to make a difference. Frankly, though, it’s frustrating. Not because I don’t have readers. Which my lack of recent blogging has, I’m sure, brought my readership to a dwindling halt), but because it’s hard in our country to believe that a writer can make a difference.

What I find myself becoming more and more passionate about is politics. And I hear that it’s bad policy for preacher’s to harp on politics. So I keep my mouth shut. Or at least that’s what I’ve done historically.

Not sure I’ll keep my mouth shut much longer. But I realize that some of my opinions may have a tendency to get me in trouble with some. Is it worth the  risk? I don’t know. I don’t really care if I offend democrats or republicans, but I don’t want to intentially offend Christians – some of which are on boths sides of that political line.

Well, that’s enough for now. Maybe I’ll keep on blogging and write about church stuff and hit the occasional political soap box. So what do you think – would you keep reading if I harped on political issues occasionally?