rubber-neckers

Have you ever found yourself driving down the highway, everything is moving well and all of a sudden bam, you come to a dead stop and your stuck in a traffic jam. For the next 1/2 hour you inch forward, bumper to bumper and finally come up to the cause of the slow down. Why its some dude with a flat tire and Bob the tow-truck guy has stopped with his hazard lights a flashing... and for some reason all the other drivers felt compelled to hammer on the brakes so they could turn their heads to watch this road-side scene. No lanes are blocked, the road is clear, there is no reason for the highway to be backed up for miles, but it is, thanks to the rubber-neckers. And sometimes this causes a real accident, somebody crashes into the car in front that had to slam on the brakes because the rubber-necker ahead had to slow down to look at whatever... they drive me nuts! Now for the life analogy (I can find a metaphor in anything, I thought of this today actually while stuck in traffic). Sometimes there are traffic jams in our life's journey too. Sometimes we get too caught up in the things happening around us, that really aren't blocking any lanes but we stop and look anyway. We get distracted and sidetracked from our goal, from the path that God has chosen for us, from the direction we find from the Bible. The thing is when while we are rubber-necking and looking sideways we can cause mayhem behind us. The people around us, our friends and family get caught up in the traffic jam too and sometimes there is an accident and a relationship is damaged. Stay focused on what is important, stay focused on what God has called you to be, focused on your family, focus on being kind to those around you... and don't' rubber-neck! peace, m.

more pics

greetings and happy new year...

you know, posting pics is much easier than actually writing something... here are some images from the Christmas Eve drama that we did...

the caroler's scene...

our lead actress, Leona, the interviewer

the tipsy man... ya that's me, some say I wasn't much out of character either...

the indignant man... that's a pretty good look for you too Em...

it was a fun play about how we seem to loose the true joy of Christmas, whether we get caught up in our busy lives or are trying to deal with hard circumstances, the point was that sometimes we tend to look for joy in the wrong places. Christmas is remembering the birth of Jesus, remembering family and friends and remembering to be kind and compassionate to those around us. Anyway, it was a fun drama....

the singing was good too!

and the candle presentation to O Holy Night was visually stunning, hard to capture on film but believe me, it was cool...

and this is just my buddy, Rod the schmengi.... hamming it up at the new year's eve service...

new years eve was fun too... we just hung out in our new building, ate some great food, played games and watched team Canada come back to defeat USA at the world junior hockey tournament on the big screen... did I mention I really like hockey... great game! It was a good evening spent with good friends and we look to host more events like it... keep ya posted.

peace, m.