Captions Week 4
March 31, 2009 at 11:55 am | In Captions | 17 Comments
Can you think of the wittiest, laugh out loud caption for this picture? Give it a try in the comments section…
Congrats to the winners so far:
Week 1 – Kevin
Week 2 – Jason
Week 3 – Sabrina (but it was a close one)
My Goalie Son
March 28, 2009 at 12:59 pm | In Parenting | Leave a CommentI’m afraid Nolan is gravitating more towards soccer tendencies than baseball right now. Although he has a glove and bat, he would rather put his ball on the ground and kick it. When he does pick up the bat he uses it to move his ball around like hockey.
The other day though he walked in when Carolina was playing and said, “Baball” = “Basketball”
That’s pretty cool.
Captions Contest Week 3
March 24, 2009 at 4:14 pm | In Captions | 11 Comments
Congrats to Kevin (winner week 1) and Jason (winner week 2)! Keep up the good work everyone!
Almost preached my sermon with my fly down and no one would have said a word
March 23, 2009 at 6:06 pm | In Chuch Planting, Community | 1 CommentYou want to find out who your true friends are? Leave your fly open.
Sunday morning I walked into a room full of people 20 minutes before our service started and held a number of conversations – some one on one and others with groups of people. Finally, at about 9:55 I glance down and notice that my pants couldn’t be open any wider! My chili pepper boxers were on full display.
As embarrassed as I was I couldn’t help but feel like Isaiah when God told him to walk around naked for 3 years (“as a testimony against Israel”). I felt like God afflicted me with Open Fly for the purpose of communicating a spiritual message:
We all have blind spots. There are problems in our lives that if we were only aware we would certainly fix them (No one wants to walk around with their zipper down). The sad thing is that other people do notice, are offended or hurt by our imperfections, and SAY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Instead they wait, saying to themselves, “I really wish Mike would zip up his pants” or “How could he not know his zipper is down?”
I didn’t know b/c you didn’t tell me. People get offended all the time by something that would be a non-issue if only they did the dude a favor and pointed it out. I will never get anyone to admit it, but I think we kind of like being offended or annoyed or distracted by other peoples problems; it takes our attention off our own open fly.
Blog # 350 – Special Edition
March 21, 2009 at 11:31 pm | In Misc | 1 CommentA couple of years ago Tadd Grandstaff encouraged me to take up blogging. I decided to give it a try expecting myself to do what I always do – take off like a bottle rocket only to fizzle out pretty quick. Anyway, 2 years and 349 blog posts later here I am. I’ve picked up quite a few new readers recently so I thought I would post my top 10 favorite blog posts up here. They are in no particular order, but you have to see “Kiwi” (the last one). For the rest, just check out the ones with interesting titles!
I stole 117$ from an NFL nosetackle and lived to tell about it
Waldo carries balance in his backpack
I didn’t see the punch, but I saw the dude laying on the floor
Love is letting someone pull your chest hair out
Kiwi - Seriously you have to see this one!
Like the wind
March 21, 2009 at 4:16 pm | In Misc | Leave a CommentI ran. I ran hard.
The great news is my knees don’t hurt. The bad news is that my new problem is my feet. For some reason every time I run the outside of the bottom of my feet start hurting real bad. Can any of you runners tell me anything about that?
The weather is awesome though and it felt really good to be outside taking advantage of it. Sweating doesn’t feel right in the winter. Also, I ran past some kids playing basketball and I have a huge urge to get back into that. Maybe some guys around Reedy Fork would be up for some 3 on 3.
Sawyer lives!
March 19, 2009 at 4:50 pm | In Misc | 2 Comments2 1/2 ounces of raisins are toxic to a dog of Sawyers size. Sawyer downed about 8 ounces. So, of course, last night was filled with vomit and diarrhea. This morning we rushed him to the vet the moment they opened. They immediately started pumping fluids into him.
Sawyer is fine now.
He should not be (according to the vet), but his levels are good and after another day of receiving some fluids tomorrow he will be as good as new.
In the last 3 months Sawyer has eaten a box of raisins and a box of donuts. Stupid dog.
When someone says, “I’m sorry you misunderstood” they are calling you a moron…Just so you know
March 19, 2009 at 1:12 pm | In Community | Leave a CommentThe other day a friend of mine got frustrated over something and wrote something online implying I was a “dick”. His purpose wasn’t really to say what he said that way, but it was certainly the unintentional message that was conveyed. I saw it, was pretty hurt (like I said this dude is a good friend of mine – and a Christian pastor) so I emailed him about it.
That kinda stuff happens…even between friends. What rarely happens is what went down the next day.
I expected an email reply. Something defensive or potentially aggressive.
Instead I got a call…at 8 in the morning! Before I could even get a word out the guy apologized, took full responsibility for what was communicated, and THEN explained the misunderstanding (never trying to move blame away from himself at all).
Its hard to admit fault and apologize. When we do they often sound like this…
“Im sorry that you feel that way”
“Im sorry that you misunderstood”
“Im sorry that you heard me wrong”
You see the problem with these? Apologies are meant to be for YOUR fault…not the other persons. At best these are blame shifters posing as apologies. At worst they are calling you stupid for not being able to understand the words coming out of their mouth.
I remember 2 things from being in Communication classes in college
1. 75% (or more) of all communication is nonverbal
2. Communication is the responsibility of the sender
This adds up to one simple truth -
If there is a misunderstanding it isn’t b/c they misunderstood, its b/c YOU miscommunicated.
So, when apologizing for miscommunications (most conflict is the result of this)
Wrong: “I’m sorry you misunderstand”
Right: “I’m sorry I miscommunicated to you”
Wrong: “I’m sorry you feel that way”
Right: “I’m sorry I have done something to cause you to feel that way”
The church should handle conflict better than anyone in the world. Apologies should be the simplest, most free-flowing words in a moment of conflict. When there is a spirit of reconciliation there is no need to blame shift or defend a position. The only things that matter are relational healing and God’s glory…and the path to those two things begins by killing the need to be right.
Captions
March 17, 2009 at 6:17 pm | In Captions | 12 CommentsHere is the newest picture for our caption game! As usual submit your caption in the comments section. Congrats Kevin for winning last weeks. Check back every Tuesday!
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