A Sad Update :(

Another quick update on the playoffs. Yes, you don't have to say anything, I know that the Cowboys logo did not keep moving down the bracket. I could go on and on about all of the "game changing" plays that took place (NY TD in 46 second, Romo missing TO for easy TD, Crayton dropping the ball for a first down, NY long punt return late in game, the Cowboys O line giving up in the 4th, maybe I did just go on and on). How could Tha Boys do this to my wife? Yes, you heard me right. How could they do this to a woman that has never done anything to them? Now, my wife is now going to have to listen to me P&M (if you don't know what this means then you are a better person than I) about the Cowboys for the next seven months. Then she will have to listen to me for the entire next season as the Cowboys have a great regular season (until December) just to blow it in the playoffs again. Why would this team do such a thing to such a great lady? She deserves better than this.

?Question?

I was having a very cool conversation with a coworker during lunch. We were sharing with each other our thoughts on the Church today. Now, you notice that I wrote Church with a big "C", this was not by accident. When I say church I mean all aspects: the local church, and the global church. So, I decided to post a question on my blog. I notice that if people are reading this (and I am not convinced they are, which is fine I just....I think I'm talking to myself again so I will move on) there are never any comments. This is going to be a question that will get some comments if anyone is even listening: What does Church mean to you? I am not trying to trick anyone to answer a specific way. I am truly interested in learning what "Church" means to other people. Give me your thoughts if you are out there. Don't be afraid to be honest. It is only through tough dialogue that we grow. I am a big boy, I can handle hard comments about Church, but I also want to hear if you have good comments. I am truly looking to be enlightened by what YOU think here. I am very interested in where this may take us, or I may just be talking to myself again :) Thanks

I told you I'm a Nut!!!

Just a quick update on the Playoffs!!!

Go Boys!!!

My Favorite Time of Year

It is that time of the year again, when my mind (at least 3 to 4 times an hour) jumps back and forth from the task at hand to the glorious thought of the NFL playoffs. Yes, I have it bad. The football season is bad enough, but my wife knows that once the new year is ushered in she can count on me to be as useless as that big "Yellow Dog" in the Chevy Chase movie Funny Farm! (Side note: If you don't know what I am talking about, you have to see the movie! It's great) Everything about my weekends, for about a month, revolves around the games. Now, the beauty of this year is that my beloved Cowboys are in the playoffs as the number one seed in the NFC. This makes this year even more special, but that does not mean that if Tha Boy's were not there that my world would still not revolve around the NFL logo, because it would.

There is something beautiful and real about the a bunch of grown men being able to go out and knock each other around and play in the dirt (don't get me started on AstroTurf) like the little boys that we all know we still are, even though we like to act "so grown up". I guess football for me can connect me to feelings that I have had through various stages in my life. Whether its memories of my dad and I out in the yard as he taught me the fundamentals of the game like catching the ball with my hands and how to take a hand-off from the Quarterback (he was a running back when he played), or standing in a huddle with a bunch of guys that I have been bleeding and sweating with all week long just so we could make that fourth down play that is needed so desperately. Football brings back great memories for me.

I don't know who you will be pulling for this year (I would love to talk you into it being the Cowboys, they are God's Team you know), but take some time to enjoy the experience for what it is and to allow the problems of your week fade away. Go Boys!