Hard Times and Random Stuff

Ok, since the last time I wrote, a have been involved in several different kinds of things.

The Hard Times- It is always hard when you lose someone who is young. The young man who played drums in our praise team was involved in a hit and run accident and died last Saturday morning. (still no word on who did it) I was very close to him and his parents. It was bad enough it being a close friend, but it got harder when his parents asked me to have myself, and the praise team to sing at their sons funeral. They wanted not just a funeral, but a full blown worship service. Dave, the father of the young man who died, joined us on stage to play drums in his son's honor. It was very moving and very touching service. If someone was there who did not know about God, they did by the time they left. Needless to say, it took a lot out of me, but it really put life in the proper perspective. It's not about things, but about God and family, and time spent in the woods enjoying what He created for us. It sure isn't about things and stuff.

Random Stuff- I sang with the Singing of South Texas in San Marcos Thursday. FBC San Marcos has moved out on I35 and sold their old church in old downtown. The new owners have turned the old church into a coffee shop and apartments called the "The Sanctuary" go figure.

Here in Port Lavaca one of our Baptist churches just sold their church to a funeral home, because they are relocating in a year from now. So here is the picture, you got a funeral home sign hung underneath the church sign, a hearse parked in the church parking lot, and a sign that says visitation room where it used to say fellowship hall. Now that's what I call a full service church, you can marry'em and bury'em all in the same place.

More random- our church is having a chili cook off in a couple of weeks. I am looking for a good chili recipe. Ideally, I would like to make jack rabbit chili, but we have no jack rabbits around here. So any suggestions?

Even more- the picture at the top shows moss or some green fungus stuff growing on the top side of a big old oak branch. Here is my question, I thought moss and stuff grew on the north side of a tree? Not that I give any credence to such things, but food for thought.