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greetings sports fans, I have triumphantly returned. Let me start by saying I'm all for airport security, but what the crap! I had to take off my belt twice, my shoes once and put my dignity aside countless times. Oh the foul language that formed in my head each time I dealt with a member of an airline. On the plane you can't have headphones on in case you might miss the really important announcement they give at the beginning of each flight. Apparently it's Ok to read and completely ignore her but not to stare straight at her and have headphones on. Also there is a weight limit now to bags that I don't remember. So I had to put twenty pounds of stuff in a box, which by the way got punctured. Two bags forty each, that's ok. One bag 70 pounds, off with your head. I almost ripped the lady's head off. ( i have unresolved anger)
I have a theory. Men really do want to be honest with each other. We want to have consequences for our mistakes. We even want to cry every once in a while. But we want to do these things on neutral ground. With a beer in our hands. Who can't see healing while playing poker? Who can't envision confession after the ball game. Why do we have to formulaicly sing, greet, hug, listen, nod and go home every Sunday? Can't church be something more dangerous? Don't get me wrong I'm no daredevil, outdoorsman, or gearhead. I do think that men are yearning for church that doesn't make them want to roll their eyes. "NEWSFLASH" Jesus wasn't a pansy. He belched and farted and worked with his hands and had callouses and wrestled with his friends and had no time for fakers. He desired people who would worship him in spirit and in truth. You know why I can't sing in worship times anymore? It's because I would be lying to God. I can't and won't be false before him. I am a flawed being. I laugh at things I shouldn't laugh at. I resist disciplines which would make me more like Christ. I engage in disobedient behaviors. But I know that greater men have gone before me who have sinned greater, fallen flatter, procrastinated longer and strayed farther. From King David to Franklin Graham. I believe that God will not give up on a man who aspires to be more than he is. Pray for me and the men who share that vision that we can convince others that Christ is for them.