Translating season preview-speak

D3football.com has a fun article on their blog about pre-season press releases and sneak peaks.

This time of year pretty much every Division III team is optomistic. Or at least, that’s what they say publicly. If you read season previews in their unedited form, eventually you’ll begin to believe every team has 18 returning starters, is poised for a breakthrough, looking to build on last year’s success, returning to tradition, etc. It’s a wonder everyone doesn’t finish 7-3 or 8-2.

If you’re not reading d3football.com you’re missing out on some of the funnest football in the country.
Go CRU!

Weekend update

For those who missed Saturday’s CWF show, here are the results:

Chris Idol & Jonah def. Son of Thunder and The Zealot
Jesus Freak def. The Bishop
Shiloh def. Michael Malick
Jonah def. Chris Idol

We felt like planters and waterers Saturday night, as there were no public decisions – but it’s always good to see both sides of a ministry. You can’t harvest all the time. And hopefully you’ll do more than plant and water, but many times that’s what we’re called to do.

Kara’s Back Home

My sister Kara returned from China to D/FW LATE last night.
She landed around midnight, after we had orginally planned for her to arrive around 11 p.m.
Oh well. The fact that her and her team made it home safe is all I was concerned about. She had a wonderful time and is wanting to return next year if she can work more with the orphans.
Her team had a couple real encounters with spiritual warfare while they were there, so be sure to keep the Chinese people in your prayers. It continues to be a land of darkness.
Hopefully I can convince her to write a recap that I can post here for you all.
Until then, I’ll post a couple pictures of her and her team on the Great Wall of China and Kara working with the orphans.

I heart the West Wing

I’ve been watching season one of the West Wing all night (probably while most of you were caught up in the NBA finals). Awesome. Love it.
Andrew Sorkin was such a great writer. It doesn’t get much better.
If only someone would buy me all four seasons on DVD for some special event. I don’t really care what the event is — but you can make it up — maybe when the Mavs win the championship. But unfortunately that might take too long. So how about my 5th CWF show to be commissioner. There we go. It takes place Saturday in Rockwall. So bring it on.