Change...

As I reflect on some of the big changes the last couple years have brought... mainly moving to arizona and planting a new church... its amazing to me many of the small things that have also changed.

1. I am into geek games. I have my own collection of MTG cards and I spent Easter playing "Settlers". I sometimes play scrablle on facebook, and I haven't played a console video game in months. The one exception is playing super mario 3 with Isaac on the wii. I've also been known to spent my time waiting in lines playing Peggle on my phone.

2. While I still need to get to the gym, I've become a bit of a sports fan. I subscribe to MLB game day audio and sometimes listen to more than one game a day. I am a fan of the AZ cardinals. I am playing fantasy baseball... and doing well. I even listen to sports talk radio and enjoy it way more than KFI or any of it's cousins. Believe it or not, I even went to a NASCAR race on saturday. Part of this is just living in Phoenix where there is a major sporting event everyday.

3. What happened to blogging? I'm not sure why I have not been writing as much. Feeling the pressure of being a bi-vocational pastor and writing weekly sermons for grown ups has certainly absorbed some of that energy. Also joining f-book has fed by self sastifying desire to be in the spotlight and get instant feedback from others.

What things have changed recently in your life?

Yesterday was a Sabbath.

My friend Dan has been posting weekly updates of his Sabbath. I find them wildly interesting in a bizarre way. I'm hopeful that through the monotony he is finding rest, and I'm hopeful that the rest of us might find inspiration in his efforts. Here's is a slightly paraphrased and more polished copy of a comment I left on his blog...

Yesterday I got up and played some Karoke Revolution, (I like the songs with two many words. ie; "one week" and "it's the end of the world") read some blogs, and made lunch for myself and three kids (grilled cheese and tomato soup with whole grain fishy crackers). The in-laws dropped in for a visit and we played more karoke revolution (grandma got booed for her rendition of "girls just want to have fun"). We ended the day by going to watch some minor league baseball. The R.C. Quakes lost an 8 run lead to the I.E. 66ers. This keeps them rock solid at the bottom of their league. Win or lose, three kids, one "tia", the wife and I, + minor league baseball with figurine giveaways = a good ending to a great Sabbath.

What do you do to rest?