Archive for July, 2008

Fishing Buddies

Posted: July 26, 2008 in vacation

That’s right, I’m going fishing again. But believe it or not, this one was my wife’s idea. We got one final chance to sneak away before school starts back up and decided to take it. We’re going with Miranda’s brother, T.C., and some good friends, Luke & Naomi. We were originally going to Key West, [...]

The Joke Nazi

Posted: July 24, 2008 in home life

So it looks like I’ll finally get to enjoy my father’s day present from this year. That’s right – Miranda & I are headed to Orlando tomorrow night to see Jerry Seinfeld do stand up. I was under the impression that he retired from doing stand-up after his show was over. In fact, I even [...]

Sunday Rewind

Posted: July 20, 2008 in church life, end of the week

Today was another good day at RPC, and the end of a loooong week. Here are some highights. Michael hit a home run. We continued our summer sermon series – “Faces of Leadership” – this week by hearing from our Student Pastor, Michael Mathews. He talked about how we should stop making excuses (“get off [...]

Busy Week

Posted: July 18, 2008 in observations

Wow, what a week. Monday: got home from meeting @ 9 pm. Tuesday: got home from meeting @ 10 pm. Wednesday: visited my grandpa in the hospital in Daytona until 9 pm (including 4 hrs driving). Yesterday: got home from premarital counseling @ 7 pm. I’ve seen some turmoil in a couple of friends’ lives. [...]

Tire(d) Lessons

Posted: July 14, 2008 in observations

Had the chance to go fishing with some good friends Saturday night, and I figured that since I wasn’t speaking the next morning a semi-late night wouldn’t kill me. Boy, was I wrong. Here are some of the very random lessons I learned… Murphy’s law tells us if you go fishing with a boat that [...]