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Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

1.  I woke up at 4 AM this morning and lingered around my home for a good 3 hours before I departed for the movie theatre. I arrived at 7:20 AM, and that still wasn’t early enough to beat Anne J. to the main lobby !

2.  Happy Anniversary Anne J. !  It was one year ago today that you asked me if I ever considered serving The Lord at Life Pointe Church. I responded that I had been thinking about it for a few weeks. Anne J. responded, ‘Well then let’s do something about it,’ and she put me to work as an inside usher with Marcela J. On that day I officially became a proud member of the Hospitality Team, and the rest is history on God’s fantastic journey !

3.  Gabriel and I made a fantastic team working the first shift manning the ‘Welcome & Information Center’. Venus was sparkling in her fresh new role as ‘Lobby Center Manager / Roamer’. Lisa and Luciana totally ruled the ‘Kids’ Life Registration Table’ as usual. Hattie was tough as nails as the ‘Kids’ Life Security Officer’. Everyone on the Hospitality Team should be proud of themselves for carrying out their duties in a most professional manner. This is how we serve God at the L.P.C. !

4.  A bunch of our first-time guests from Easter Sunday last week became second-time guests this week. That was so cool to see. It’s all about coming together corporately to praise and worship God, and Life Pointe Church is a wonderful place to do so. We’re hoping that our second-time guests become regular attenders every week, and that our regular attenders eventually become members of their church. Welcome to your family. This is how we roll – not just on Sunday mornings, but 24-7. We are the church !

5.  Pastor Travis continued our ‘Simply Jesus’ message series this week which runs through the entire month of April. He spoke on Jesus who was sent from Heaven to Earth on a mission by God the Father. Jesus came as the Prophet, the Priest, and the King. Jesus is alive today, as he sits at the right-hand of the Father. Jesus created everything that we possess; therefore, it all belongs to Him. Pastor Travis asked us to stand up if we needed Jesus to help us see Him as either our Prophet, our Priest, or our King. Nearly everyone stood up. For me personally I stood up because I need Jesus to help me see Him as my Priest. 35 years ago I was taught in Catholic School that the Priest of our church stood between me and Jesus. In reality Jesus Himself is our Priest. No one stands between us and Him.

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The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

If it’s Saturday morning then it must be time for me to nourish and exercise my mind and body. And a-way we go ! 

1.  I ate a MASSIVE breakfast at the Cracker Barrel this morning during the six-o-clock hour. The place was nearly packed with Indy racers and race fans, Spring Breakers, and natives of Homestead and Florida City. I drowned my stack of french toast in an inch of maple syrup. Where’s my Lipitor ? !

2.  After the feast I did the walk, and it was the longest walk yet !  Google Earth estimated my walk at 1.98 miles. It was definitely between 1.9 and 2.0 miles, and I did it in less than 37 minutes on this clear, crisp, and cool 63°F morning. Pretty soon these walks will be coming to a gradual end for the hot and sticky Summer season.

3.  Inside Joke:  ‘Who’s that happy kid walkin’ ’round the neighbourhood ?  Who’s that happy kid walkin’ ’round the neighbourhood ?  It’s me !  It’s me !  It’s C.M.D. !’  That’s right – I’m that 41-year-old ‘happy kid’. Why am I so happy ?  Read on …

4.  Whenever I walk the walk I feel like I’ve taken back my neighbourhood. I’ve lived here for nearly 13 years, but I’ve only really lived here for the past 3 months. Before Christmas Eve 2007 the only walking I did was to and from the mailboxes and the dumpsters. From 1995 to 2007 I merely existed in this neighbourhood. Now I am fully alive. Taking back my neighbourhood from obscurity has been just like taking back my Life from the darkness. I’ve wrapped my arms around my entire neighbourhood just like I’ve embraced this new Life that God has given me.

5.  My fresh new 2GB iPod Shuffle came along for this morning’s walk for the first time ever. My original 1GB iPod Shuffle started off as a 50-50 mix of newer Christian rock, pop, and hip hop music and older Secular dance music from my ‘once-upon-a-time’ life. Now it’s more like 72.5% Christian / 27.5% Secular. This fresh new 2GB iPod Shuffle will be solely Christian music. Fun Fact:  I occasionally refer to Christian music as ‘Republican Rock’.

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Bedtime Stories

We have a lot of fun here on this blog, and we also learn a lot too. There’s a time and a place for everything that’s good, and now is the time to be serious for a little while as I openly pray to God in these humble words of this particular moment in time:

Lord. It’s me again. Your buddy Chris. Over 19 months ago during the Summer Of 2006 I set course on a new Life (always capitalized). A new beginning. A rebirthing. An awakening. I awoke from the darkness that was so dominant during the first 39 years of my life (intentionally not capitalized). The dawn of my new Life began, and I was saved by You. You showed me. You guided me. You directed me. I put You in charge, and You have never let me down Lord. You have given me a purpose-filled Life. You have made me feel important and worthy for the first time in my Life.

Thank You Lord for introducing me to Life Pointe Church over 14 months ago and all of my loving friends and family. I never imagined that this Life could be attainable, but You have created this miracle, and I shall cherish it forever. You have given me some amazing people in this new Life such as J.T., Anne, Travis, Kelly, Phil, Marcela, Paul, Annie, Jesse, Reina, Alex, Ela, Nancy, Arlene, Hattie, Jonathan, Lillian, Venus, Kristina, Mark, Terry, Patricia, Lisa, Luciana, Casey, David, Tom, Nathan, Harmony, and the list just goes on and on and on. I didn’t know any of these loving people in 2006, but now they are all an integral part of this awesome Life of mine. I owe it all to You, for You Lord are the King of Kings – the most Almighty of them all. There is no other like You Lord.

Thank You God for giving up Your only Son on that raw and bloody cross so that my friends and I could live – I mean really live to honour Your true greatness. When non-believers see me and my friends they should be able to see Jesus Christ on Earth – living Life to its fullest extent and radically changing the world for the better.

Lord we are Your eyes, mouths, arms, hands, legs, and feet on Your glorious Earth that You created over 2,000 years ago. I am so truly blessed to be able to carry out Your mission day and night. I am so truly blessed to be one of Your disciples here on Earth. I am so truly blessed to be able to call You my Father. Thank You Lord for everything that You have provided me all throughout Your fantastic journey.

I love You God more than anyone or anything. Thank You for this day. Thank You for this night. I pray to You that all of my friends and family will be safe and peaceful on this night. Please provide them with what they need to carry out Your mission here on Earth. Please watch over them, and protect them from the evils and the darkness of this world.

I pray for all of this in the loving and caring name of You Lord God Almighty. AMEN.

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Bedtime Stories

And so we have right here right now the Tuesday night edition of ‘Bedtime Stories’ – brought to you by Zicam.

My unexpectedly long Good Friday / Easter Sunday holiday weekend will soon come to a close as I pray to God and lay myself to sleep in about 2½-hours. I’ll get about 6 hours of sleep tonight, and then I’ll wake up at 5 AM tomorrow morning and be at work by 6 AM. I’m looking forward to getting back to my desk at work and catching up with everything there. Once upon a time I dreaded going to work, but now I adore it.

I saw the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Endeavour over the eastern skies of Homestead tonight just after 8 PM. It was so cool watching the Space Shuttle play tag team with the ISS up in Earth’s orbit from practically sea level.

I bought my very first atomic radio-controlled clock today. It picks-up its signal from the NIST signal out of Fort Collins Colorado. I now know exactly what time it is, and I can set my watch and VCR clocks to its precise time.

FedEx delivered my fresh new 2GB iPod Shuffle from Apple late this afternoon. Now I can get to work and fill that thing up with today’s hottest Christian rock, pop, and hip hop hits !

And that’s how I roll tonight with my ‘Bedtime Stories’. Be sure to catch this blog in action again tomorrow for some more cool stuff, and don’t forget that Thursday night is ‘Internet Hoax Hall-Of-Shame’ night. Until then remember this:

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Good Night Everyone !  Good Night Nancy !