The G,B & U Fathers Day Weekend

The Good:

• Having A Godly Father to look up to.
• The great start to CCJ's summer. Camp, mission trip and a awesome carnival
• The Summer Carnival. I am so proud of all involved.
• My Family. They are such a great inspiration and support for me.
• The reception to SBTB series so far.
• A great group of leaders and people to work with.

The Bad:

• The horrible floods and other tragedies
• The gas prices
• My attitude at times

The Ugly:

• People losing their homes to floods
• People facing all kinds of hard times

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Wet Spring Edition)

The Good:
-- MANventure this weekend!
-- Day off on Monday
-- Progress on potty-training
-- Having enough people (finally) to be able to be gone and still have a solid band.
-- Properly placed and executed guitar solos (see 'Comfortably Numb')
-- The Braves play of late.
-- Tennessee Ernie Ford's 'Sixteen Tons'
-- Finally finishing up the book 'Vintage Jesus' (It's good but I've struggled with it a bit)


The Bad:
-- Setbacks on potty-training
-- Day off on Monday leads to more work on Tuesday
-- Improperly placed and badly executed guitar solos.
-- The Braves' inability to get to the top of the division.


The Ugly:
-- Sloppy weather
-- My tendency to let my cynicism dominate my thinking.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Early May Edition)

The Good:
- Seeing my favorite band live after not having seen them for 13 years (see above video)
- My brother getting back from the giant sandbox in Iraq (answered prayers)
- All the CCJ'ers who came out to the National Day of Prayer and the response they gave the band (made me feel all warm inside) :-)
- The Union Station Hotel in Nash-vegas (swank)
- The sermon last Sunday (April 27)


The Bad:
- My brother not getting in until around 10:30 p.m. last Saturday night in Memphis (therefore, I couldn't go see him)
- Election charts (I sure hope somebody appreciates the effort that goes into that stinkin' information) ;-)
- Overload


The Ugly:
- Our dining room carpet (you'd think we were raising dogs or something. Of course, I could've been just as bad when I was a kid)
- War and rumors of war
- The Atlanta Braves (so far)

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Earthquake Edition)

The Ryman Auditorium next to Broadway in Nash-Vegas (not where we saw the show BTW, but close by)

The Good:
- A day off tomorrow.
- Bon Jovi/Daughtry Tonight in Nashville (my favorite band, my favorite city).
- Staying in swank hotel with my bride.
- Friends willing to keep our kids.
- Meeting up with a friend of 20+ years for above concert.
- Found jobs.
- Jesus conquered the grave.
- My brother's return home (he's in the US again but still not HOME-home).


The Bad:
- Dave P. leaving The Herald, Dave K. leaving The Herald
- Gas prices
- Food prices
- Pride & Idolatry
- Deaths that I don't understand.
- Waiting on the military.


The Ugly:
- Our living room.
- One tank of gas = $50 (?!?!?!?!)
- The Braves inability to be consistent so far this year.
- EARTHQUAKE!!!!
- AFTERSHOCK!!!!