• What about that earthquake on Friday??? Selah had a dream about an earthquake the same night that it happened. Is my kid prophetic??
• This weather is incredible. If I could move somewhere where this is as cold as it gets in the winter, I would be in HEAVEN!
• It was good to be back in Gary leading worship today at Living Stone s – Gary. That's still my favorite sound system to lead worship with – the monitor system is great. You can hear everything so clearly.
• I ordered my Ultimate Ears custom monitors last week. It should be a couple of weeks before they're made but I can't wait!!
• I started Twittering. Twittering is a very short form of blogging answering the question, "What are you doing now."
• Did I say how much I love this weather?
• I really want to see Expelled.
• Charlene's Dell computer died. Well, I'm not sure if it's completely dead but it's not looking pretty. I'm going to take it to the office tomorrow and try to at least get our MS Money data file off of the hard drive. The girl needs to get a Mac!
• Mother's Day is coming. Any good ideas for the girls and I to get Charlene? Last year we got her a nice photo book from Apple that we created. Looking for something original . . .
• Looked at the south side of the house today, and we're definitely do for a major paint job on the exterior. Anyone interested in a fun experience painting with me??
• I wonder if the violent weekend in Chicago has anything to do with the full moon? What a great place for the next great revival. John just did an amazing post about the moon.

• The new Conservative Cafe in Crown Point is really nice. I took my MacBook Pro and headed there for lunch today. The sandwich was great, atmosphere really cozy, and the service was great. AND they have WiFi! It’s a nice replacement for Panera Bread that’s close to the church. 
• What’s up with Al Gore getting a Nobel Peace Prize?
• Naps are wonderful! Charlene and I both came home from work and crashed for an hour today. I woke up with one of those nap hangovers. You know what I mean. I wondered where I was and what had just happened.
• Last night we had an incredible cell meeting. I was fired up and ready to take our region, and I hope my guys were too. I really came to the realization that we aren’t to focus on being cell leaders or attending the Living Stones School of Leaders. We are to focus on winning lost people to Jesus. Being a cell leader and attending the School of Leaders is just an extension of what we are doing in life. 
• This Sunday should be exciting – we’re commissioning our Gary team that will be a part of the official launch a week from now! We’ll be doing that at the end of second service.
• We got all of the audio & video equipment for our Gary site this week. We actually used most of it for rehearsal on Wednesday night. We’ll be doing a trial run with it in the youth room this Sunday and then pack in the trailer headed for Gary!

Please keep me in your prayers this week. A lot is happening and I really need your support.

• I can’t get one thought out of my head from last night’s cell lesson. Quoting from the lesson, “We don’t become like Jesus by focusing our life upon Jesus; we become like Jesus by focusing our life upon what Jesus focused His life upon.” The lesson went on to explain what Jesus focused his life on – the Father. Jesus’ business was to do the business of the Father. As we talked, we realized that a shift needs to take place in our perspective – we don’t need to “do what Jesus did.” Rather, we should focus our life on the Father and by doing so we will naturally do what Jesus would do. Chew on that awhile . . . 
• I’ve been working for the last couple of days (and tonight) on the new Living Stones website that will go “live” on July 1. It’s been a lot of work but it’s got a new, fresh, exciting design and some cool features including a webstore!
• Sunday is Father’s Day. I love my girls at this stage of life. They are so excited about what they got me and are doing everything in their power to keep it a secret (although I already know). Actually, I got my BIG gift for Father’s Day and birthday a few weeks back when I got a new Canon digital camera – the PowerShot S3. I said something about Father’s Day the other day and my gift – Samara immediately says, “Dad, don’t look under the bed!” They were whispering in the kitchen at the table tonight so I knew I’d better walk right back out.On Father’s Day evening, we’re meeting my parents and my sister’s family inPlymouth to celebrate Father’s Day with my Dad & Mom. We’re also celebrating the fact that Dad paid off the farm a few months back. So who pays?? It’s a farm paying off party that he has called and yet it’s Father’s Day. DUTCH? LOL
• Today was Bob Barker’s last day on the Price is Right. Who cares may you ask? Charlene loves the Price is Right. Enough said.
• Yesterday at the church, we closed the office at 1 p.m. and had a good old-fashioned cookout. It was really a lot of fun. We went out to the shade trees by the play ground, cooked hot dogs & hamburgers, and played that bean bag toss game for the next two and half hours. It was great for those of us who usually pass each other by copier or on the way to or from the restroom to actually kick back and have some fun! Ask Pastor Dick & Susie who won – them or JC and me!
• Selah & Samara got their report cards in the mail today – they both did great!