Three Things

I. Hey, I was looking for a book or an article that would be good for my pastors to discuss, debate and be en-thused by at our meeting in September. One of my young buck's suggested a book called In The Name Of Jesus: Relections on Christian Leadership by Henri Nouwen. It is a small, excellent book that I would highly recommend. Nouwen shares lessons he learned moving from the Harvard community to living at L'Arche community for the mentally handicapped and how this connects to a Jesus kind of leadership. It is based mostly on the story of the temptations Jesus faced regarding his leadership.

II. I was walking on the beach and I met a lady that the locals call the"turtle lady." She has lived near the beach for 25 years, and she watches for the sea turtles who come to bury their turtle eggs in the sand. After about 50 days, they, in her words, explode out of the hole like a volcano. She, sometimes with her friends, builds a barricade behind the babies so that they don't head the wrong way toward the lights of houses as well as builds little trenches for an easier path toward the ocean. A few out of a hundred will make a go of it to the water and in their new environment. But the ones that do survive and thrive will come back some day to the same beach to bury their eggs.
For us too, life is a challenge and it takes alot to head in the right direction, survive, and thrive. But we are not alone, and there are unseen forces helping us along the way. And perhaps we too can make the journey to just the right places where me might bring forth new life to this worn yet beautiful world of ours.

III. We just went to see Will Farrell in Talladega Nights. Very, very funny!