I survived - I'm not dying

This past Sunday Jonathan walked into my bedroom, looked at me and proclaimed, "Mom, dad is dying!" I was deathly ill. I think for the first time I experienced the horrible thing called strep throat. Saturday morning after arriving back from a wonderful week with family and friends in So.Cal. I woke up with pain in my neck, throat and head. I survived being out of bed until about 10am and then laid and writhed in pain in bed until about 5pm. What a day; a day planned for hanging up Christmas lights and decoration but ended up in bed.

Sunday morning Christine told me I must see a Dr. if it was the same. Well it was worse. I thought I was going to die, so maybe Jonathan was right. Finally after our wonderful family Dr. responded on call from Church and called in my meds and sent me to the lab (yes I had strep) I was beginning to be healed. That day I made it out of bed around 4pm. The saddest part of Sunday was it was Benjamin's 5th birthday. He was extremely gracious and we're having another party on Saturday. I finally made it back to work on Tues, battling lingering affects of a damaged throat. What a journey.

In all of it Christine was the wonderful, gracious, serving wife. Wow, she made the house run, took care of a 230 lb. whining husband. And at this point the Lord spared the rest of the family from the pain.

Monday afternoon after no longer being contagious I played with Isa. She makes my world turn upside down. I was playing ball with her on the hardwood floors (I'm still learning how to play with a girl) and then started reading a book while laying on my stomach. She would crawl over my arms and then sit right in front of my head and lean back and look at me with a smile. I'm toast. She has got me all wrapped up. I never never knew how much a little girl would change my world.

So, I'm not dying. Good news for me and hopefully a handful of others. I'm loving this week, ministry, staff, students, and about to get home and pull out the Christmas stuff and enjoy the family.

What makes 100%? - Beware of some sensitive language!

I questioned if I should send this along but it is just too funny and it applies to leading my team. Anyways it came from my mom. So it must be okay.

What makes 100%?
What does it mean to give More than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:
If:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98%

and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96%

But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100%

and,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20=103%

And look how far ass kissing will take you:
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14=127%

So one can conclude with mathematical certainty that while Hardwork and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Bullshit and Asskissing that will put your over the top!

Planting Movements is what we're all about

The past year we have really begun to focus our leadership efforts within our ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ at CU Boulder and beyond. Most of where we are landing is in the concepts of planting new movements/churches.

A few of the things I have read recently that give a small glimpse of what we're trying to do is found at
Missionary Training strategy Leads to Thousands of New Churches
Turning 30 into 100,000
Fuelmovements blog

All of this and my recent trip to Mexico City has led us to some changes. We feel God is calling us to something sweet and big. We're heading down to Mexico City this coming Aug/Sept to help give leadership to reaching the 28 million or so people in Mexico City. We're excited about the call God has placed on our hearts and we're even more excited about the ways He will glorify Himself there.

We believe God is calling us to something new and special in Mexico City. From the words of our National Director Agustin, "If we continue in ministry, church the same way, it will take us 400 years to reach the whole city." This is why we're moving. We want to listen to the Spirit and lead in such a way, partnering with churches, ministries and the such so that the whole city can experience a revival; so every person can be reached with the message of the Gospel.

We're praying now that every pocket of the city would have a church, a movement, would have a spiritual multiplying group that will impact every nook and cranny of the city. Join with us if God is calling you to go for it here.

Childlike Faith

This past week I was sitting at breakfast with Jonathan and I was talking to him about my trip to Mexico, the city, the people, etc. I threw this question out there to him, "Jonathan, what do you think about moving to Mexico?"

He responded, "I don't want to move to Mexico, I like it here in Colorado." He paused for a moment and then responded sincerely, "But if God says move, then we need to move."

Wow, I was struck by his obedience and bold faith. It is a challenge to believe and live like a child. Simple: Follow God in what he says.

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.  I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Mk 10:14-15

Contagious Disease strikes Christians!

Outbreak Detected
It's spreading.
Emergency rooms throughout western Europe, Australia and the U.S. have been inundated over the weekend with persons afflicted with what is believed to be a life-changing cardio-cerebral disorder. At the time of this writing, public health officials remain somewhat baffled. Although current details are sketchy, the only common demographic characteristic identified among the afflicted is that all claim to be of the Christian faith. Based upon this fact, the following is hereby communicated to the public:

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