Apr 19, 2008 Print This Post
Tonight during Steve’s message at Riverview, he made a little aside that was clearly the most profound thought of the night:
“Makeup is an interesting thing. As my grandfather used to say, ‘if the barn needs painting, paint it.’”
-Steve Sommerlot
Gotta love an Iowa farmboy.
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.
Bad Behavior has blocked 291 access attempts in the last 7 days.
Facebook comments:
Leave a Reply