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| Not mine, but important writing. Taken from a column by Vox Day -- the full column is here: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=41576
Without mothers, there is no civilization. Without
mothers, there is no future for the civilized.
Cards,
gifts and flowers are no adequate expressions of gratitude for this living
statement of faith.
In the
ongoing war against Christian civilization, it is the mothers who matter most .
. . Every time a woman says "I do," every time a wife turns to her
husband and says "let's have another baby," every time a mother hugs
her child and says "how would you like me to be your teacher?" she is
striking a powerful blow in defense of her faith, her family, her church and
God. We should celebrate these bold decisions – these audacious acts – as
victories, not just for the family and the faith, but for civilization and
mankind.
It is not
enough to thank our mothers. We owe them a debt that cannot be repaid. But we
can, and we must, love them, honor them, support them and sustain them as they
faithfully continue to wage their mother's war.
Happy Mothers Day, Mom.
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| If you at all care about or have an opinion about worship and its nature in our churches, then you should go read this very short article, right now.
http://www.praisecharts.com/live/articles/182/1/The-Biblical-Story-of-Worship-in-less-than-1000-Words/Page1.html
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| Hey, campers! It's update time!
This morning I preached at Broad Creek in New Bern. Seemed t go pretty well. It was fantastic seeing all the people we love so much down there. I truly, truly wish that we could move back.
But we aren't. We're moving back to Raleigh. I'm beginning this coming Sunday as the worship minister at Cary Christian Church. It will be very much like going home. Marlys and I were members there for nine years -- I was an elder for four or five. When we first attended there, in 1991, Sunday morning was pretty much "Now turn to hymn number 342 . . .". The minister, Scott Patterson, began to bring the approach more up-to-date, and I was fortunate enough to help do that. Over the last four years or so that we were there, Scott and I alternated weeks as far as planning, prepping and leading worship. I learned to play the guitar there.
We left in fall 2000 to go to Broad Creek -- my first actual worship ministry job, and their first full-time person in that position. From there I moved to RBC in 2005. And now we're going back, eight years after we left, to be Cary's first full-time worship minister. Going back to where it all began.
Marlys has been able to make an excellent move to a position with BB&T in Raleigh. Same department as when she was there before, same supervisor (they were very best of friends as well), and restoration of her officership (asst. vice president) and the benefits that go with it. It's making up for slogging around behind me for the last eight years.
I start this Sunday, at a kind-of part-time level, driving back and forth from ECity -- gotta get this house sold, gotta get the stuff in it ready to move. We've made an offer an a house in Garner, almost all the way down into Johnston County. Should hear sometime on Monday if we have it.
So that's what's up. We're moving on from this place and situation. I appreciate the concern you have expressed and the prayers you have lifted up. Thank you.
We'll see you in Raleigh.
SammyBoy
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| Ok, so here's the deal. The layoffs and cut-backs -- all of them, as far as I know (but I don't always know everything) -- are for six months. The administration is confident that things will be in significantly better shape in August. For instance, one very positive note is that new student applications, to date, are higher than they've been for about the last 10 years (kudos to Garret and Jason and Mark and the team.) They've had no thought at all that the layoffs and cut-backs would be permanent. So there is a good chance that I'll be back in the fall. I'm keeping my office right were it is -- I just won't be in it much. (Reminds me of the stand-up who said, "I lost my job last week. Well, I guess I really didn't lose it. It's still there. It's just that when I go there, somebody else is doing it.")
So what will I do for six months? Still working that out. I guess I could be a greeter at WalMart.
Actually, the first thing I'm going to look into is this -- I'll try to find a church that needs an interim minister of (fill in the blank -- preaching, worship, teaching, discipleship, checking the doors and lights), and try to find a position that will pay sufficiently for six months. Straight salary, won't need benefits. If it's away from ElizCity, I'll move there and try to find somebody's basement to live in, and Marlys and I will live apart for the duration, with occasional visits home.
SO . . . if you know of a church or two that might need someone like me for a few months, drop me a line.
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| So . . .
I've been laid off from RBC, due to continuing declining gift income and enrollment.
They hope to bring me back on in the fall - - - but I don't see a lot of hope that an employer is gonna work me into a job that's big enough to pay what we need for it to pay, when I'd also have to tell them, "Oh, and by the way, your insurance is gonna have to pay for my surgery in June, and I'm quitting in six months anyway."
So I don't know what's coming next.
Just when it seemed like lots of things were settling in and working out well . . .
Anybody out there need a preacher or a worship minister, or both?
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