laziness

man some how I feel off the blogging wagon and just got lazy. i know i disappointed several thousand people out there (well maybe my mother?) but I’m back and I’m blogging or trying to blog. so i hope to be posting again – some of the stuff I deal with everyday or that God is dealing with me about in my life everyday.

tim

starbucks

i'm one of those people who has the privilege of working (office) out of starbucks. it's a fun place to work and helps prevent any afternoon nod off or the afternoon energy slump - and there's always great coffee - caffeine in all kinds of flavors and drinks and ethos bottled water - it's the most amazing place to have meetings. being a church planter it is so amazing to see all my neighbors, friends and people I do not know yet come through and visit for a while. it's almost like visiting with neighbors on the front porch. i heard a story about a pastor one time who literally put his desk on the side walk in a big city to constantly interact with life. to me that's what starbucks has become for me. - a life place.

tim

mississippi

I'm heading to mississippi this week-end with 7 other amazing people to try and help those who lost so much last year in hurricane katrina. we were going to do some roofing but it looks like we will help a man with a needed deck for his house. it's going to be a good old road trip. it's amazing that these seven people or any people would sacrifice for somebody else. this man named jack mccormick is leading the team and he has been leading teams in mississippi trying to make a difference for about a year now. great guy.

discipline

Why is living a discipline life so hard? Why does a discipline life seem so scary? And how is it I can be so disciplined to something that in the long run is not helpful? Dictionary.com defines discipline the following way.

dis·ci·pline 1.Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement.
2. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control.

I’m 42 years old and I think the hardest part of my life is discipline. I think I’m learning a discipline person is not disciplined in one area of life – but a disciplined person practices discipline in what I would call the BIG 4 or me the complete total package person - Physically, Spiritually, Emotionally, Psychologically.

It’s amazing that you can choice not to practice a certain discipline in your life - not eating right - than some kind of health problem comes up and all of sudden it’s seems you either change or else. Or you enter a specific time of focus on a discipline and you realize how un-discipline your life has been. I think spiritual disciplines are the like a 360 miror that God can use to show you where you are in your life.

I continue to learn God is the only one who can give me the power to live a discipline life.

help

What's the best way to help somebody?

I think the best way to help somebody is to introduce them to Jesus. I believe Jesus can help anyone or do anything. He can change something in a minute. But what happens when the person who needs help does not want help or Jesus? Or when somebody talks about having a relationship with Jesus and there is and all out war in the persons life against any change and as a matter of fact there seems to be no change. Does that mean Jesus is not powerful enough to bring about change in that persons life? Or Jesus only works for "some people hard wired for God" to quote a man I know.

NO!

But yet how can a person still hunger for things that seem to be so unhealthy and say they have a daily relationship with Jesus?

It seems on the human side I can spend to much time trying to figure out why not or how come a person does not change or their situation does not change - or I can continue to trust and obey God. Continue to pray - not the prayer - God give me what I want or need or a person needs but - what are you saying in this situation. Continue to ask God to show me how to love sinful people.

By the way - I'm a sinful person.

Thank you God for loving people. God has come into my life, I have surrendered control and everyday by His power and His word, there is less sin. Not to mention that being in a relationship with Him, His Spirit convicts me of my sin and because of the relationship and Jesus' death on the cross there is confession and forgiveness of sins because He is my Lord and Master. So how long do we keep helping people? I pray everyday God would teach me. And at the end of the day it's not Tim - but Jesus who answers all these questions and Jesus is the only one who will help anybody. Because Jesus does not give people a quick fix. He gives his life.

Tim

who you kissing

We had an amzing God night at 1027church Sunday. It was a good Sunday. I hope everytime we gather at 1027church God is totally in control and speaks through every minute we are gathered together. On a night like last night once again the main thing was God but right along side was His power through Prayer, Music, Giving, Life Story's and the Bible. And if you have not read Hosea 13:2 in a while - wow it's awesome. The summary of the verse is - what are we kissing? Thanks God for doing something at 1027church in the city.

Tim

world cup soccer

wow - still trying to understand what happened with the USA soccer team in the world cup. i'm not a huge soccer fan, as a matter of fact it just been in the last six years - soccer, you might say it has grown on me as my 12 year old son started playing six years ago. asa is passionate about the game - so hoping i'm a good dad we have spent some time watching the fifa world cup.

we watch some college football together, pro football, basketball, once in a while catch a braves game but watching the soccer has been fun. but getting back to the usa team not advancing to the next round. i do not know enough about soccer to even try to be a leather couch coach - but it is so strange that there is so much blame flying around. the coach, the players, but maybe we are just not that good? the team looks great to me.

so we are pulling for italy - my wives family is italian.