tuesday randomness

Here's a jumbled rambling of a post for today

• As we sat in our staff meeting today, a bear walked by the window. No joke. How cool is that?
• We had a bluegrass band play at the Fall Fest. Ironworks is a cool band, and I loves me some bluegrass.
• Tony Romo stunk last night, until the final 2 minutes, and Dallas pulled a victory from the jaws of defeat. It was worth staying up late to watch.
• The House Party hayride was fun, but some of the students were pretty disrespectful to the farm owner. I probably need to write a letter to apologize.
• We spent a lot of time in prayer last week for a breakthrough in our community, in our church, and in our personal lives.
• There seems to be a lot of pushback in the spiritual realm as I've been praying and trying to be more intentional about leading my family.
• Robert M. Lewis (Raising a Modern-Day Knight) paints a vision authentic manhood this way: Real men (1) reject passivity, (2) accept responsibility, (3) lead courageously, and (4) expect the greater reward.
• Our church is in year 2 of Men's Fraternity. I haven't been to one meeting. I want to go, but my schedule doesn't mesh. They meet on Tuesday nights (I'm home with the kids) and Thursday morning (breakfast with my senior guys).
• I am still wrestling with a pull to the outdoors. I love the way God speaks to me when I am in the woods, the water, the wild...How do I pull that together with church ministry?
• Where are the men to lead our small groups? Seriously? I have 7 small groups of guys, and 6 leaders, including myself. We need some men to step up, to step in to shape the lives of our younger men.
• I was interviewed today about our Summer SPLAT. It was great to remember the things that God did in our lives, and in our community. God is so good!
• Why don't my archived posts work?
• We got some rain today, but we need TONS more. The creeks are bone dry, which means no kayaking...