Haven't written anything in a few days, so here's a few thoughts.

I am continually amazed at how little most of the students in my youth group know about the Bible. I thought my biblical knowledge as an adolescent was pretty weak, but it seems that my students are even more lacking. I wonder if I am contributing to this problem? I don't really stress Sunday morning Bible class that much, but hey they just don't have much of an attention span at 9am on Sunday morning. I mean this has got to be the absolute worst time to try to get stuff into the brain. And most of the events and activities we plan are more centered around relationship building and fellowship. Rarely do I put any pressure on my students to actually read the Bible. No wonder they disconnect and go to dream world during any sermon; it's a foreign book to them, it's a foreign language. I will try to do better.

Isn't interesting that an NFL team would go to the Super Bowl the year after their coach moves to another team. Isn't more interesting when that some coach takes his new team to the Super Bowl. Isn't it most interesting of all that his new team now in the Super Bowl is the Tampa Bay Bucs. Go figure!?!

I saw an amazing movie last Sat. night. My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Outstanding! It tuly deserves all the great press it has gotten this year. I'm just glad I finally got to see it. I'd have to say my favorite thing about the movie was how sorry I felt for the new husband's parents. Their lack of "dysfunctional-loud-crazy-can-you-believe-these-people" family experience was truly tragic. Aren't families great? The crazy ones are the best!

I just bought a new guitar tonight. I am feeling very excited about this. It is a Taylor 310. It's used and I got it on ebay. [Thank you Lord for bringing ebay into my life.] I hope you can enjoy this wonderful experience with me. Thanks Mandi for helping me go with the Taylor.

And, oh yea, did I mention that I waited four and a half hours for dinner at a restaurant on Sat. night. Well, we actually got our name on the list, went to a movie (see above), drove around a while, came back, waited another 45 min. for a table. But, yea, a total of about four and a half hours. Can you believe that? Why in the world would anyone wait that long to eat out? Because it was P. F. Changs, and it was gooooood.