Golf and the Boss

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Eating with Debo and the Boys

It’s Spring Break. We’ve never been a family that travels to the beach during this time. Usually we don’ t go anywhere. This year’s different. We’ve taken a couple of days and traveled to Atlanta. The day started out great with breakfast at Cracker Barrel. We even had a great “server.” I say this because most every time we have some issue with service at CB.

We have three destinations in mind. The Lego Store in Lawrenceville, The Coca Cola Museum, and the IKEA store. We left with no directions and no reservations. This is pretty unusual for us. We did, however, discover there was a Dreamland BBQ in Norcross. I assure you they’re the best ribs in the world. Not to mention the cole slaw is perfect. If you ever travel to one of the cities that has a Dreamland, you need to stop and eat. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

One of the things I loved about eating at Dreamland today was eating with Debo, David, and Matt. The boys and I split two full racks but we shared a couple of ribs with mom too. Don’t worry. She got a kids meal. We didn’t leave her out.

Debo and I laughed about having a 14 and 15 year old boys and the first two places we went today were the Lego Store and KB toys.

It’s been a good day!!

Matt’s Birthday

Our son, Matt, turns 14 tomorrow (Friday).

A few years ago some friends gave him their son’s drum set. Matt and his friends have jammed to the point that the head on the bass drum finally gave out. Time for a new set.

I was discussing the purchase of a new set with a friend and he questioned if we really wanted to have another one and the noise that goes with it.  That never occurred to me. Why wasn’t it on my radar? All we knew is that if he doesn’t get a new drum set, where will they go to play? Answer? Somewhere else. He could even end up at someone’s house that we didn’t know that well and let’s face it. They’re boys. They can get into to things in the blink of an eye. The new drum set keeps them coming here. Don’t get me wrong. Our boys go to other people’s houses all the time. But this creates the environment of the friends wanting to come here because the drum set is a new and good one. We consider it a small price to pay to create that environment. As far as the noise goes, it’s never was an issue.

Now as you can see, it’s a Pearl set. I’m not drummer but I’ve always liked Pearl drums. Maybe it’s all the Classic Rock I listen to. We didn’t pay an arm and leg for the set either plus it’s just a great color.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!!

A New Quote

I had meetings in Dalton, GA on Tuesday. It was a really good day. Our last meeting was with the headmaster of Christian Heritage School. After we nailed down all the logistics for the summer, we started talking about ministry and what he’d done in the past and now looking to the future. He was discussing this with a friend earlier in the day and sharing a new vision God had given him for ministry. His friend said the following to him which he relayed to me. “If you don’t carve out time to pursue the vision that God has given you, the devil will whittle it away.”
Two quotes from compeating computer companies come to mind here. Microsoft’s motto used to be, “Where do you want to go today?” Apple’s motto was, “Think Different.”
In order to pursue that which God has laid on you, you have to do those two things. Ask where and think different.

Anvil

This weekend, for the second year in a row, I went as a leader for Anvil. This is an all guys student retreat that the student ministry at my church puts on.

We left at 4:30 on Friday afternoon and returned at 6:00 on Saturday evening. You ask, “why such a short retreat.” Twenty-four hours of 6-12 guys only is the equivalent to a week-long co-ed camp. It’s hard to explain but there’s a certain balance the estrogen brings to all the testosterone.

Here are some great highlights of the trip.
Meat – We had grilled hamburgers and Nathan’s hot dogs for supper and then after that we had Ostrich, kangaroo, crocodile, rabbit, and black bear. Yes. That’s right. We ate like real men.
Worship – Listening to 60 guys participate in worship is great experience.
Michael Boggs did a great job leading them.
Smashing – We some Gallagher moments with smashing items with a big wooden mallett.
Courage – The theme this year was on courage and how we should, as men, step up and take a stand.

Great weekend. Couldn’t go more than 24 hours but it was just enough to make the impact that God set us out to do.