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The “new” me.

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So, last night I went digging through my blog post drafts to see if something tasty was ready for your mental ingestion this morning.

And, to my confusion, I found a post titled The “new” me.–boasting a word count of  zero. Yes. Nada. Blank. No text in it at all. Just that title.

I have no idea where I was going with this a month ago when I typed out those three words. I don’t know who this new me is… What I’m like. What’s drastically different. I mean, yes, I think a lot has changed since sunshine and Vitamin D have returned to my regularly scheduled program, but I think I’m still me on the inside.

Right…?

Oh well. I don’t know what I was getting at. But, let’s turn it into a blog post anyway, shall we?

If you could create a “new” you, what would you be like? Or, to make it easier, what ONE thing would you change about yourself if you were given the chance?

Run, Water, Run

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We keep frozen chicken in the house. And we have to thaw it before cooking it (surprising, I know…). And I don’t usually do that energy-efficient thing where you leave the package sitting out for a few hours and it’s perfectly chilled but not frozen.

Yeah. Because I forget to.

So most of the time I will let it sit under warm running water for a good long time.

And I’m ashamed to admit it.

I found myself using an inordinate amount of running water yesterday as well, when I rinsed out paintbrush after roller after paintbrush at work.

And I’m ashamed to admit it.

I also have a bad habit of running water while I’m brushing my teeth.

And I’m ashamed to admit it.

Did you know that the average person uses 69 gallons of water per day–granted, most of that is literally flushed down the toilet? (from h2oconserve.org) We can change that by simply updating our toilets with lower water capacities and buying conservative shower-heads. We can turn off the faucet and find other ways to thaw our chicken.

Let’s admit it. We’re a wasteful society. And we forget that good clean water is a rarity in today’s global experience. Wars are fought over water. Countless illnesses and birth defects are caused from bad water. And we are fast depleting our natural sources of good water in America. We may not directly suffer from it, but it’s possible that our children oneday will…

But I still believe we have the power to change that.

This blog is a submission to blogactionday2010.

 

A Perfect Fit.

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Last spring, my incredible husband was approached by a favorite pastor of ours, to talk about our plans after seminary. We’d both worked with Jay a few years ago. He plucked both of us out of college and positioned us as interns in an amazing community-wide youth ministry in south east Georgia. Jay is the type of leader that not only sees who you are, but also sees who you can be. And he works to develop the God-given talents and abilities that are packed inside your soul.

And, so, we worked with Jay for quite a while – cutting our ministry teeth under his leadership. Until he started a church plant in Brunswick, GA.

Six years later, that church is a thriving community of believers, many of whom are amazing friends of mine that stretch past a small group of my best girlfriends in the area, past my youth ministry days, into my old college campus ministry, and all the way back to my middle school days in my home-town youth group. Oh the souls I already love so much! They are energetic, passionate, and absolutely devoted to what God is doing in their church. This is a unique and inspiring Body of Christ.

Yesterday, the leaders at the church announced that Drew and I would join The Chapel as the Teaching Pastor and Director of Congregational Services.

Drew will be working under Jay, to plan and teach on Sundays, as well as dreaming “big-picture” dreams about the future of The Chapel. He will also work with the leadership team, to grow and equip others.

And then there’s MY dream ministry position! I will mainly work alongside the umpteen worship leaders, musicians, techies, greeters, and muscles of The Chapel, to coordinate the well-oiled machine that is The Chapel’s Sunday services. I will also have my hand in the various media aspects of the church: website, twitter [grin], newsletter, live online service broadcasting, etc. Oh, and I think some bookkeeping is involved somewhere as well!

And here we are, giddy with excitement, eager to soak up the energy and passion of this church, and ready to serve alongside these faithful followers!

I.

Can’t.

Wait.

Big News Monday

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Yep. That’s what I’m calling Monday.

So. Y’all come back Monday, ’cause it’s time for me to let you know just what in the heck we’ll be doing back in the dirty south.

Two-ten is so close I can smell it!

Until then… I’ve gotta go be a bridesmaid.

See ya Monday,

mandy

Whatever Wednesday 11.4.09

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Hellooooooo!!!

Happy Wednesday (I refuse to call it “hump day” because that phrase greatly offends me.)

Marisa ended last week’s WW with the question: What are you most looking forward to?

I’d LOVE to answer that! If you’ve been paying much attention to this here blog, you won’t be surprised to hear that I’m looking forward to having an isolated room to do some recording in. yay Thanks for asking, Marisa! Now, on to a secret treat: I know half of y’all don’t even read my answer up here, but just fly right off to the comments to play WW, but for those of you who DO read this actual post, I have a secret game. I want y’all to answer this secret question as well: Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons? If yes, type the word “snort” somewhere in your WW comments. If your answer is no, type “wiggle” somewhere in there. Got it? hehehe

Ok. Now, let’s get started with this week’s, shall we?

The rules: Answer the last, leave the next. mkay?

Here’s our starter question for our first commenter: Are you offended by the phrase “hump day?”