It has been a beautiful week around here. Spring is happening.

I was riding home on my motorcycle yesterday and it was amazing. The air was warm and the sun was setting. It was a beautiful scene. Then I passed a field where they had just spread some fresh manure. Wow, is all I  have to say. Such a pungent, encompassing aroma stings the nostrils. It made my eyes water. I stung my throat. It was one of those moments that you can’t help but feel alive. I know, you may think I’m crazy, but in that holy moment with the warm air, sunset, and manure - I knew I was alive.
So, have you felt alive lately?

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don’t give up.

Anne Lamott

This Sunday night were putting on an evangelistic concert. But this just isn’t an concert, we’ve talked our local coffee shop/tarot card/psychic healers spot if we could host it there. And to my surprise they said ‘yes.’ They’ve been incredibly gracious with us and absolutely willing to accommodate us, evangelism and all. It’s a really exciting time to be able to share Christ’s hope and love with a crowd we don’t usually get to interact with.

We have three bands playing. Between the first two sets, we’re having an open Q&A with me and 2 other youth pastors. Anyone can ask anything about Jesus or spiritual matters. This could be really amazing or be really painful, but I like to get myself into these situations. Then after the second band play, we have a guy sharing the gospel with the crowd.

So keep us in your prayers. Pray for the bands and the rest of us!

How do you define desperation? Hilary Clinton appears on the 700 club. When you’ve lost 11 straight states look for Pat Robertson. It’s always the cure. He talks to God, right?

See it here.

Oh and for your own Hilary nutcracker go here.

Or to find out about Pat Robertson’s cocaine connections go here.

I posted a little while back about my son James’ school project.  

Flat James has been to Georgia and now is on an adventure in Florida. He’s visiting Jacki and you can go to her blog to see his exploits in Gator Nation…