Le Tour

The three biggest weeks in cycling are underway, the Tour de France. This year, the 7 time winner, Lance Armstrong is back in the race at age 37. He had a decent start taking 10th place in the individual prologue time trial. It will be interesting to see what happens because his team, Astana, has 4 riders capable of winning the tour. My feeling, team Astana is strong enough to decide which of the 4 riders they want to win and then back that rider to the Yellow Jersey. I'm just not sure they'd pick Lance. Will the team pull together or will egos get the best of them? They'll need each other to pull it off.

Virtual Accountability

I watched a piece on the Today Show addressing how social media (facebook, twitter, my space) can serve as a catalyst to relational unfaithfulness (cheating, affairs, etc.). Such technological venues make reconnecting with old "flames" or sparking new interests easily accessible. Combine that with the mammoth blocks of time people spend on facebook and twitter and the chances of a vitrual relationship igniting increases. It would also be easy for a marital partner, who feels neglected by their spouse, to find "relational fullfillment" through online society. Don't get me wrong, I love facebook and twitter, but I'm wondering what kind of steps you are taking to create some virtual accountability?

For example, my wife and I have each other's "username" and "password." She can check my page anytime she wants, and visa-versa. Or, one of my fellow ministers shares a facebook page with his wife. It has both their names, info, etc.

Things Beyond

Just had a member from our congregation, John DeFore, tell me the story of what God is doing through World Bible School in Kenya. Twelve years ago John started hiring Kenyan Christian workers to be contact points for students: to get them plugged into a faith community, to baptize them, and just to have "real" person contact. God has taken hold of this man's efforts and is blowing up Kenya for Christ. The last several years they've had over 1000 annual baptisms. Many Church plants have taken root. And nine orphanages, housing 800 kids, have been established. Also, another 600 kids are being fed daily (it takes $11 to feed a kid for a month). God is at work!!