Engineers aren't boring people. They just get excited over boring things.

When was the last time you got to the end of a day and thought, "I got more done today than I expected"? I can't remember that happening.

Our annual Pathway golf outing is this Sunday so I've been spending some time at the driving range in preparation. Today I played nine holes on the executive course closest to our house. Enough good shots to create some optimism and enough bad ones to cause concern. My putting stunk, but the greens have been aerated in the last week so in fairness I may not have been that bad.

They started grinding up the pavement on our street today. Those are some big, mean machines.

I read today that 50% of the illegal immigrants in the U.S. didn't sneak across the border. They came in legally and have overstayed their visas. That is to say, if the govt. did it's job tracking expired visas we could cut the number of illegal residents in half.

The Lakers will play the Suns in the Western finals. What am I going to do?

I know it was Mother's Day but tonight I'm reminded how blessed I am as a dad. Great sons and daughters.

I spoke at one of the sessions of the Pastor's Conference last month. At the beginning of my session I said that I don't think the people in our congregations realize how much we love them.
Our group of pastors suffers from excessive whiteness but I expected at least some positive response - a muffled "amen" or a murmur of agreement.
Nothing.

I don't want to make too much of that silence but it surprised me enough that I've thought about it often since then. On the way home tonight I told Pam about it and asked her a question. Do most pastors love their people or do they view them more as clients, or constituents?

I have no way of knowing. I've only ever been me, and if I asked another pastor...what else would he say?
A pastor of a difficult, contentious congregation would be forgiven if he struggled to feel deep affection for them. I sympathize with those guys. I've been there - a long time ago - and it's no fun. Ministry is work. But the norm is ordinary people struggling with life and finding in their local church a place for support, spiritual growth and service.

I identify with Paul (re. Timothy) and John (see 3 Jn. 4).
I really like my job. And the best part is the people.

(P.S. the students were the best part of being a prof.)