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God

Life Pointe Church Sunday Morning Tossed Salad

1.  It was great to be back again with my Life Pointe Church family after a one-week hiatus. It just felt so right to be in that main lobby again as we transformed it from Flagship Cinemas‘ main lobby to Life Pointe Church’s main lobby. If we set it up and build it then they will come.

2.  If you were in that main lobby at 8:20 AM then you may have thought that service was getting ready to begin in a few minutes. It was totally packed. I’m glad to see that more of our church family is discovering the earlier 9 AM service. It creates some much-needed empty chairs for some of our newer attendees that only know about the later 10:30 AM service.

3.  Some kids came in off the street to play video games in the main lobby. Of course the video games are closed during our occupation there. We offered them a better opportunity which they curiously accepted – Kids’ Life. They registered at the table, and then they proceeded to the Kids’ Life venue. I hope that they had an enjoyable experience.

4.  The 3-part ‘(un)christian‘ message series came to a close this morning. It was easily the most controversial message series that we have ever done, but it was also the most enlightening one as well. The series of short films that accompanied the message series were of top-notch quality including the production values, the acting, the writing, and most importantly the message within it. Fuser Films is slowly turning Homestead into Hollywood !

5.  Pastor Travis spoke with us about God’s expansive forgiveness of which there is no limit. His forgiveness is truly complete, but it surely does not give us a license to exploit it. There are Christians who put on a show every Sunday morning and claim Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, but then they do not truly follow Him with their day-to-day actions. We must honor God with more than just mere words. Actions speak louder than words. We must truly honor God with the lives that we lead.

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Mail

U.S. First Class Mail Inches Up To 42¢

Effective on Monday May 12TH 2008 it will cost an extra penny to mail a letter via first class mail, as first class postage stamps climb from 41¢ to 42¢. If you buy the ‘Forever Stamp’ before that date at the 41¢ rate then you can continue to use it after the price increase. That’s the whole idea of the ‘Forever Stamp’. It’s good – forever !

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People

The Chris Day Club

This is not me.

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Health Life Weather

The Major’s Walk-A-Thon

Sky: Mostly Sunny
Temperature: 72°F
Relative Humidity: 95%
Winds: Calm
Barometric Pressure: 30.04 Rising

My thoughts:

Feb-23-Walk

1.  I took a more unusual walk around my neighbourhood on this warm and steamy Saturday morning. I mapped it out on Google Earth after the fact, and as it turns out I walked nearly 1.8 miles in a little over 33 minutes. I was sweating towards the end of it all, but it was all worth it in the name of good health and fitness.

2.  We may come close to 90°F later today. It’s a sneak-peek of what a normal day will be like here in Homestead from May through October. I need to figure out if this walk will continue through the hot and steamy months ahead, and if not then how will I get my weekend exercise. I may have to return to slam-dancing to European techno music circa 1992.

3.  There were a bunch of fellow walkers out and about this morning. We gave each other the customary ‘walking wave’ as we passed each other up. We’re all in this ‘Walk Of Life’ together. (Somewhere that Dire Straits song is playing.)

4.  A long stretch limousine was pulling out of the front gate of my neighbourhood as I walked by it for the second time. I thought to myself, ‘Hey !  You forgot me !  Take me to Dunkin Donuts !’

5.  I received some disappointing news at my Doctor’s office yesterday afternoon. After numerous analyses of my blood work over the past several years he has finally made the determination that diet and exercise alone is not bringing down my bad cholesterol (LDL). It’s still in the ‘elevated’ range, and it doesn’t appear to be coming down on its own. He has prescribed Lipitor for me – 10 milligrams per day to start off with. He gave me a free 14-day sample of it to ensure that it doesn’t cause any bad side effects with me. If I feel fine after the first 14 days then it’s on to Walgreens to get my prescription filled. I take my first dosage this afternoon. This will probably be the start of daily medication for the rest of my Life. I am no longer a young buck. Apparently I am now a middle-aged dude with high cholesterol. I am facing the music.