Jacob's Big Pitch

I told you I would post a video of Jacob getting the great honor of being chosen to throw out the opening pitch at the Iowa Cubs game on August 4, 2008. Here's the video...

Sunday Evening Reflections

Well, today we began a new sermon series called "Stuck." I really feel like I brought it today. I think this is a series that will really hit people where they are at. Hopefully it will also stir something in the church as a whole as well. We sure need it.

I have been praying for God to disturb us. I know He will. And once we start to get a glimpse of His vision for our church, it will be uncontainable and uncontrollable!

After church today we had a picnic in the park...on the hottest day in all of history (maybe Al Gore was right after all). There was a smaller crowd for that, but that was okay in my book. Nice food, nice visiting, just a nice (and hot) time.

Tomorrow we are all excited about something that will be happening to our youngest son, Jacob. He was chosen to throw out the first pitch at Principal Park for the Iowa Cubs. I plan on taking a video camera and uploading video of Jake's shining moment here...so make sure you watch for that! It should be really cool. We're all very proud of him.

I believe with all my heart that this will not be the only time I see my son doing something great before a large crowd. I believe that God will do more amazing things than He has in me with my sons...and I know it to be true for Jacob. I think we will see great things from him in the future!

Happy 4th!

We kind of had our celebration last night. We went to Principal Park to watch the Iowa Cubs take on the Omaha Royals (the Kansas City Royals Minor league farm). The I-Cubs won 9-6. It was a good game with a lot of hits.

But a very cool moment for our family was when Jacob, my youngest son, caught a foul ball. It was super awesome. He came prepared with a glove, and sure enough, we had a ball hit right at us and Jacob got it! It was a very cool moment.

After the game we stayed for a brilliant fireworks display. Here's a couple shots...

Floods of 2008

Wow! Matt and I left the office today to head down by the river to take some shots of the flooding. Something hit me while we were down there. Take a look at some of these shots...

There were massive logs and debris piled along some of the bridges along the river downtown.

Here's the thing that hit me. There were a number of homeless camps along the river. If you look in the background of this picture you will see a tent in the trees. That's from the homeless camp. There are no news reports about the homeless being displaced because of the flooding but they are. They are hurting badly because of this. We need to be praying and looking for ways to help out.

The water levels are so high that it won't take much for there to be some really significant flooding. If that happens we will need to be mobilizing to help out in whatever way we can. Many homes could potentially be destroyed and we should be ready to help as a church.

Down at Sec Taylor Stadium the water is inching closer and closer.


They have a lot of sandbags up all around the stadium in readiness.

By the looks of things here, there won't be a ball game on Friday night, because you can't get into the parking lot, unless you have a monster truck.




All in all I think we need to be praying for our city, and our community. We need to be ready to be used by God to help serve our community because of our love for Jesus.