All the world's a stage, and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. - Sean O'Casey.

Note that the tree did not blow over. Somebody was cutting it down. Somebody is in trouble.

I worked on my sermon this morning. Peirasmos in First Corinthians 10:13. I almost always get eager to preach as I work my way through the studying/writing process. This week is no exception.
I also worked on the curriculum. The end is in sight and that creates a mixed sense of excitement and anxiety. Is this any good? Are there serious flaws I'm not aware of? Is anybody going to be interested in this?

Pam is on the email list for the Sun City Rec Centers. We have seven large rec centers, eight golf courses and a few bowling alleys. It really is a pretty nice setting and they have lots of special activites that they announce via those emails.
She got an email a couple of days ago from the guy who runs the rec centers, something between a CEO and board chairman. The email said that Tess Vigeland, the host of the NPR radio program, "Marketplace" is going to be here to tape a segment about the residents and how the economic crisis has affected them, and was looking for interested residents. Sun City is the nation's first age-restricted retirement community and apparently they thought that would add some interest.

Pam forwarded the email to me, I guess because I listen to NPR and am brazen (egotistical?) enough to volunteer to be interviewed. So I sent the guy an email that said I'd be willing to participate, and I gave a summary about my business - how it started, how it dropped off, and why.

He called me this morning and said he'd like to have me come to the Bell Rec Center Monday at 3:30 to be interviewed. Cool!

A couple of hours later I got an email from Nancy, whom I assume is a producer for the show. She asked me to call at my earliest convenience, so I did.
Tess Vigeland is coming to our house at 7:00 Monday night. She said that they had a pretty full schedule in the afternoon and it would be good for the listeners "hear from you in your home."

If you're an NPR listener you know Marketplace, and you'd know Tess Vigeland if you heard her voice. Needless to say, I'm pretty geeked about this one. It was cool to be part of the string of interviewees at the Rec Center but to have her (and her audio engineer) in our home is extra fun.
And our neighbors will be all a-twitter about this when they see two (?) people pull up, one of them with sound gear, and come into our house. I grin just thinking about it.

I fully understand that all of our conversation could end up on the cutting room floor. No problem. I just like the idea of a cool experience. You know me; I do lots of things just because they provide a different experience. Some of them have led to something, like the time I called up the radio station and told them I could do a better job than the person they had doing voice-overs. I ended up doing several each month and got free radio spots for our church in lieu of payment.

So you know I've thought about a way to sneak Pathway Bible Church into the conversation. I came out here with a business plan and ended up with HIS plan.

Pam doesn't want to talk. I told her I'd be nervous too, that I'd probably stumble over my words. She disagreed. She predicts I'll be all worked up and talk in half-sentences.

We're anxious to get Al tomorrow night.
I'll try to post before we turn in for the night.
But I need to think about what I'll wear for this interview.