Sports

Today marks a monumental day in Brayden’s life.  Today, he will make his first trip to Death Valley for a Clemson game. 

I can’t convey how excited I am about this.  This will be one of the top 3 most important days of his life. 

I’m kidding.  Maybe.

Tonight, my Pastor and I are going to take a risk.  We are going to head down to the Georgia Dome and see if we can get some tickets to the Clemson/Alabama game.  The cheapest that I have seen tickets was $150.  We won’t be paying that much!

Hopefully things work out well.  We get some cheap tickets and Clemson spanks Bama.

Just wondering:  Why does the ‘Crimson Tide’ have and Elephant for a mascot?  Makes no sense to me!

Oh how I’ve waited for this day…

I cannot wait until August 30th.  I have waited for this day since January.  I’ve dreamed about it.  I’ve replayed the day in my mind over and over again.

What happens on the 30th?  I’m glad you asked.  It’s the kickoff of the 2008 football season for the Clemson Tigers.  I’m pumped about it!

One of the coolest things is that they are playing the first game in the Georgia Dome again Alabama.  Hopefully, I’ll be there to cheer them on!

As I watched the NBA finals last week, I was constantly reminded about the importance of having a good team around you.  This year was a classic example.

-On one side, you had the LA Lakers.  LA is fortunate to have (probably) the best player in the league in Kobe Bryant.  He doesn’t seem to miss, especially with the game on the line.  The problem with the team is that there is no supporting cast there.  It all rises and falls on Kobe.

-On the other side was the Boston Celtics.  There is probably no one on the team that could play with Kobe one-on-one.  However, they had more supporting cast members.  On any given night, anyone on the team could lead the team statistically.  When someone was having a bad night, there was always someone there to pick up the slack.

It made me grateful for the team that we have at Freedom Church.  We have a staff and partners that are passionate about seeing God do His thing in Acworth.  We realize that it is going to take each person doing their part to reach this city. 

I can’t wait to blog about what God is going to do in and through Freedom Church in the coming weeks, months, and years.  It is an honor for me to be a part of what God is going to do in this city.

Joni’s parents treated us to to some free tickets to the Braves/Mariners game last night.  Here are a few things that I observed:

1.  Everyone who worked there was extremely friendly.  They didn’t seemed to be freaked out by the fact that there were 40,000 people had questions or were confused.

2.  It was easy to get in and out of the stadium.  They have a well thought out parking strategy.

3.  It is insane that it is illegal for them to charge $5 for a bottle of water and $12 to park your car.  I seriously felt like I had been robbed.

4. They have worked really hard to add elements to the game that would apply to everyone, even if you aren’t a baseball fan.

I can’t help the fact that I constantly think about church planting everywhere I go.  I kept thinking, ‘we need to make sure our people are this friendly and helpful’ and ‘we need to make sure it is this easy to park and get out at Freedom Church’. 

Thank you Braves for helping me to think through some processes.  (Also, thank you for losing.  It made me a happy man!) 

Watch this.  It’ll be worth it!