Distracted Driver

Jun 1, 2004 Print This Post

{ MOOD: OKish | ITUNES: “Here With Me” – Michelle Branch }

So Grace and I were watching this MSNBC special this week about distracted drivers. What they found was that many drivers who are distracted by everything from conversation to phones to (get this) “thinking about stuff” (they tested this by having them do math problems in their head) are just as bad as drivers as those who are drunk or super tired.

Driving around today, I realized I am a distracted driver. And it’s not my iPod or my phone or my CD player or my notebook I write stuff in or parts of my body that need scratching. It’s the clouds. The purty fluffy clouds. You see, I have a sunroof in my car and can’t stop looking at the clouds. Especially with the crazy weather patterns we have been having.

Today I watched clouds that were sitting still as others raced by. That’s when I almost ran off the road.

Then I saw clouds racing past each other in weird diagonal patterns. That’s when I almost hit the school bus.

Then I realized how far away the blue sky looked compared to the clouds, which seemed like they were right above my head. That’s when I almost rear-ended an old lady.

Dang those clouds. Maybe I should sell my car.

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Growing up in the Lansing area, I wanted nothing more than to get out. My exit strategy included a complex mixture of schemes for an urban church plant, iProducts, and an elaborate Bollywood car chase scene with zombies and catchy techno music.

As a 40 year old man, I find myself entrenched in the Lansing area at a church I love (Riverview), with 4 kids I love more (a high schooler, a junior higher, a middle schooler, and an elementary schooler), and a wife I love the most (Grace).

Instead of planting one church, I dream of helping hundreds get started without ever leaving my home base. I still love my iProducts and use them as tools to help lead and teach the thousands who attend Riverview. And when no one is looking, I blare the techno music and send my unimpressive resume to casting agents for Bollywood zombie films.

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