WHEN WILL I BE GREAT

I watched a "Sports Century" piece on Carl Yastremski today, the great Boston Red Sox player from 1961 - 1983. Being a new fan of the Sox, I try to read and watch all I can on their history. "Yaz" was an interesting story...A highly touted player, he began his career with the Sox at at the grand old age of 20. He was said to be the next Ted Williams, the greatest Sox player ever...but he was average, mediocre, and ordinary his first 6 years. Everyone expected and waited for greatness but it just never came. The fans grew weary of waiting for "Yaz" to be great. In the winter of '67 though, something happened. He met up with a trainer that changed his life. He was made to work hard and get in shape. He was pushed to the limit physically. And it paid off...He would hit over 40 home runs in 1968, winning the triple crown as well. He was finally the player he was supposed to be, who he needed to be.
What was the change?
Discipline, hard work, getting serious...
Maybe you have asked that question, "When will I be great for God?"
And you go through the motions spiritually, no discipline, no hard work, not taking your faith seriously...
Maybe you have spent your Christian life waiting to do great things for God, but not putting in the work necessary to be great...

Think about it today - - -Are you as disciplined as you should?

JC

MY "FORMER" YOUTH GROUP

I stumbled on some old pics today...
My old soccer team from Skiatook
The magnificent, spectacular, amazing RED HOTS.

I miss them from time to time.

JC

JUST LIKE OLD TIMES

Yesterday was an interesting day at the Kansas Church of Christ.
On Saturday, we realized that the central air unit was on the fritz and could not be fixed until Monday...So we had an old-fashioned service.
- Fans, windows and doors open, and lots of sweat.

I cut my sermon down to about 13 minutes (good for me)
It is amazing - nobody complained about me talking less (go figure)

It was not bad, however. It was just different
Would I do it all the time? Not if didn't have to.
But I am sure I could get used to it.

God allows us to worship in the fanned auditoriums or the air-conditioned ones
It also had a feel of a some church in another country...

It was a great experience to say the least.
Thanks God

JC

BACK FROM CAMP

I think I have finally caught up on sleep!
After 2 weeks of church camp - I've finally recovered.
Some things that this "old" camper learned last week:

- God is a huge and powerful God
- Praying for a good week works over and over
- Life is not a list of what not to do but one thing alone: Drawing near to God!
- Church camp counselors working together are no different than my old factory days- everyone has a talent and we are all working for a common goal
- Kids of all ages get excited when we as counselors get excited
- I am glad to be home!

JC

MINI-CAMP

We just returned from Mini-Camp yesterday. 3 and a half days with 7, 8, and 9 year olds - was a blast! We enjoyed ourselves - now getting ready for Grove Week - looking forward to greatly...
JC

ONE MORE GAME

The Celtics just have one more...
somewhere Haviclek, Cowens, Russell, and Cousy are smiling!

JC

A NBA FAN'S DREAM

Every kid born from 1970 - 1975 is salivating right now:

CELTICS VS. LAKERS IN THE NBA FINALS

Bird / Magic

McHale / Worthy

Parish / Abdul- Jabbar

And now?

Kobe / The Big 3

I am very excited...Thursday, June 5th @ 7:30 CST

JC