Bullet Point Update

- This morning I preached my SECOND sermon (well, really it was my second round of sermons ... I preached one last night and two this morning). I was just telling Kelly how much I ENJOY preaching ... and that can't be anything but a blessing from God. I can't begin to explain how thrilling it is to enjoy something I've studied and waited five years to do.

- After worship last night, our friends John and Kelly came over and we all pitched in making a BBQ chicken pizza (well, everyone except for John ...). They even introduced us to a new game, Last Word -- the winner is still being disputed, but it was either me or Kelly (Kelly-the-Liefer, that is).

- Thursday and Friday I attended the Willow Creek Leadership Summit (picture below) with some friends from the Seminary. Very cool conference! For those of you not familiar with the Summit, the conference actually takes place at Willow Creek in Chicago, but they broadcast the conference live to registered churches throughout the country. Just seeing how they coordinated such a HUGE logistical endeavor was neat enough. But on top of that, there were SO MANY ideas being circulated among the speakers and programmers ... and hearing about some incredible ministries being done in America and the world was, well, eye-opening. Among the speakers were the founder and CEO of Teach for America, the founder and CEO of the Prisoner Entrepreneurship Program, and the CEO of Best Buy. I'd tell you more about Summit, but I'm sure a more insightful and well-worth-reading post is coming soon on our NEWEST blog link, Show Me the Hiles.

- Kelly STARTS SCHOOL this week! Isn't that crazy. It might take an act of God, but she might even blog about it ...

- The opening ceremony for the Olympics ROCKED, didn't it?!?

- Last bullet point