Dwight is Missing....

Well, I have a new title...

drum roll please....

"Director of SPECIAL Operations"

It feels very "related to" Assistant TO THE Regional Manager.

Which brings me to my point.

Someone has stolen Dwight from Dave.

If finding him, is not a "special operation", than, I don't know what is.

I gave our Senior Pastor, and my good friend, a Dwight Shrute Bobblehead last year...

and it has been stolen from his office.

This involves so many layers...

First of all, who steals from a Pastor? (This might very well be "going to hell material", in my opinion, which reflects no one else that I know, or am associated with.)

Second of all, the nerve, to take of all things, Dwight K. Shrute.

Third, they left behind, Coach K, Robert E Lee and Moses.

So, what we have learned here so far, is that our sticky-fingered friend watches "The Office", is not a Duke Fan, never whistled Dixie and probably has no clue who Moses is.

Clearly, the thief, ain't David McNitzky himself.

At First, I thought pictures would start sifting in with Dwight in various places...but alas, no...

He is gone.

Someone owes me 30 bucks.

And someone might be singing the song "It's getting hot in here."

"Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"
Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times." Matthew 18:21, 22.

Really? Even when they steal the Pastor's bobblehead?

Yes, even then.

Grace and Peace,

DCC

Director of Special Operations

Rock, Paper, Scissors....

Have a great weekend...

Live it slowly and intentionally.

Grace and Peace,

DCC

Give It Up or Add It On?

How is your Lent coming along?

I must admit- mine is a little different this year.
I gave up.....wait for it....
Nothing.I usually give up salt or alcohol. (giving up alcohol was not enough of a sacrifice to make any kind of a difference).

So this year- I wanted to focus in a different direction
I read Scripture reading every morning.
Oh, God has just pointed out to me, that I might want to tell the truth here,
I was already doing that....so I really didn't add anything.

However, NOW, it is a non-negotiable. I really didn't feel called to giving up anything this year-I did feel called to adding....more prayer time...talking to Him all day....even if in short spurts...
more Bible reading...more being WITH God, as opposed to staying AWAY from something else.

Best of luck to all of us in whatever it is we are doing- or not doing in order to focus more on Christ.

Grace and Peace,
DCC

Happy Birthday Blog...

God put it on my heart to start a blog a little over a year ago.
I had no clue what I was doing...and not sure I do yet- however, I keep typing...and praying...and listening and typing some more...

God has been so faithful in giving me ideas for the blog, both funny and serious, over this past year.
Somedays I would question it...and then I would receive a comment, that quickly reminded me of His Awareness of everything going on around us! He Knows our needs....each of them...for ALL of us...individually....
Mindboggling!!
or in our case- MindBlogging.
This gets hits from literally all over the world...every day...it blows me away when I see the traffic on here.

So, Happy Birthday Blog and Thank YOU readers, for stopping by to take a look at this servant's humble attempt at following God's Lead.

Thank you God for your awesome faithfulness and for your patience when I get it wrong.

Grace and Peace,

DCC

Church Dirt...

So....I walk in on Ash Wednesday and find Mike...covered in dirt...

with a cross on his forehead...

Me-"Hey Mikey- what's on your head"

Mikey: "Duh....church dirt."

Me: "What does it mean?"

Mikey: "it means God loves me." (pronounced Lovethhzz )

Mikey: "Its like Superman's S, ...but it is for Jesus." (Keep in mind each "S" is pronounced "th")

"I can flip in the chair, it doesn't come off."

"I can play rock Band super awesome...watch..."

It is at this point that I realize my Godson is crying in the other room...

Me: "what's wrong MoMo?"

MoMo:"I didn't get any church dirt....I don't have a church at my school like Mikey."

So, I do what any self respecting Godmother does in such a crisis. I stick my hand in the sink....run it through the dirt in the nearest pot plant head his way and give him the "3rd grade run down" on Ash Wednesday.

"William, God Loves you so much , that He stopped at nothing to make sure you get back to Him. The cross on your forehead, is there to remind you, that He made us out of dirt and one day we will return to Him. Bottom line is He loves you, always has and always will. Even if you don't get church dirt on your forehead."

Then, with his little hand, he puts the cross on my forehead too.

We decide it is even better than church. We both know we are all loved by Jesus...and that we are marked by him.

It is the best Ash Wednesday service I have ever been to.

Obviously at this point in our "service", it was time for some worship music, or whatever was on Rock Band...However, in my mind-I clearly heard- "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow."

May you all know church dirt...and what it stands for.

Grace and Peace,

DCC

Ash Wednesday...

Well, here we are...the first day of Lent.

This is the day I walk through HEB and want to tell people,

"There is something on your head"....and then I remember.

Then I forget and see someone in the workout room...and say,

"There is something on your head"...and then I remember.

Then I forget and see someone in Target and say,

"There is something on your head"....and then I remember.

Then I forget and go to Paesano's ...and see someone and want to say something....

but I remember...

Ash Wednesday marks the first day, or the start of the season of Lent. Lent is the 40 days before Easter.
During Ash Wednesday services, the minister will lightly rub the sign of the cross with ashes onto the foreheads of worshipers. God, May we remember for the next 40 days....that it is from YOU we came...and it is to YOU we shall return. When we see the foreheads today...let them be a visual reminder that YOU Love us! That YOU stopped at nothing to get us back!

Grace and Peace,

DCC

Rules...

Entitlement...people that don't have to play by the rules...don't have to yield to traffic...don't return calls or emails...don't what they said they were going to do...don't return things they borrowed...people that show up late...don't bother to write thank you notes...

Is it so hard people?

I realize I am very type A...and put a lot of importance on these things...I had a calendar at 5 years old...I pay attention to dates, times...and lists

I always have...imagine I always will...it is just the way I am wired.

I also realize some people are not...but they too, are made in the image of God.

God, thank you for making us all so different...please teach me to see You in all of them. Because in Your Eyes, I too, break the rules.

Grace and Peace,

DCC