One Pastor's Perspective

The last line of the first Pirates of the Carribean is Captain Jack Sparrow, assuming the helm of the Black Pearl and commanding his crew to do the very title of this blog. I watched the end of the movie again last night, and really started thinking about it this morning as I met with Kerry Floyd and Lee Freeman.

Granted, I am no Jack Sparrow . . . I have not perfected the Keith Richards impersonation, and I hope none of you will EVER see me out stumbling about the way Jack does. But there are some cool things about to happen at Ebenezer and I am realizing I need to empower those around me to do them. I cannot and should not try to do everything myself . . . That is a symptom of my personality type, but I cannot do this. We need to ALL use our gifts and abilities to glorify God and there are many gifted people at our church already doing this.

Now, honestly, when I sit and talk to Kerry and Lee, I feel like I am in a room full of superballs bouncing around me. And I like it! These guys have a ton of ideas about how we can present ourselves, as a church, to our community. When you add in Dean and Ed and Jumana, it really becomes a nice stew if you will let it simmer and play off each other a little bit.

Between our website, our volunteers that make everything happen, and some of the new ideas being tossed about, I hope we will all see exciting changes and improvements in the next few months. And we will all step back and realize that God is responsible, not us . . .

He is the Reason!

Okay, I find myself having to explain things more and more lately. Diana told me yesterday that she did not get the “twinkie” clip . . . Thing about that clip is that it is just funny! It means nothing to me, not part of my mantra or my strategy of living. I just like the Ghostbusters movies and think Winston (Ernie Hudson) is one of the funniest characters, maybe because he is so deadpan. THAT IS ALL IT MEANS.

Having such an unusual sense of humor can be a curse, and what is even more frightening about this is that of all of my family, Krissy is the one that gets it. I don’t know if that is more scary for ME or for HER.

Check out this clip from the past:

I am sitting here, watching Barry Melrose on ESPN, and I must confess I really don’t get it. For the most part I understand hockey, thanks to the Pee Dee Pride and a guy that sat behind me one night that sounded JUST LIKE Jeff Foxworthy (and to hear THAT accent explaining ICING was a real treat). But, the whole strategic fighting thing to me is just violence.

I guess they would equate it with a pitcher throwing at a guy to send a message . . . But the TRUTH is it keeps people in the seats. As long as guys are willing to do it, and as long as fans WANT it, it will happen.

Seriously, last night we had our Fall Festival and once again there were HUNDREDS and it was great!!!