Oklahoma Christian Edition

Instead of my usual Monday morning blog at Panera I have moved locations a few hundred miles to a cafeteria with a mean omelet bar, as well as every other breakfast food imaginable.  The coffee is good as well.  I'm on the campus of Oklahoma Christian University, home of the fighting eagles and my boy Lex.  It is hard referring to him as my "boy" these days when I see how much of a man he has become.  His growth has been fun to watch, especially over this last year.  I'm looking forward to spending some time with him between his classes and job as a resident assistant.

If you are wondering, I'm attending the OCU lectureships this week.  It was almost 10 years ago I came to this lectureship for the first time, which was also my first time on campus.  I fell in love with the staff and the Christians who attended from this area and told myself then that I would bring my kids to this campus when they started looking at colleges.  I remember Lex not really wanting to go because he had his mind made up between two other universities.  Let's just say it was a good visit.

I flew out last night, after two delays, and landed in Oklahoma City around 11:30 eastern time.  I was exhausted, to say the least, but feel very revived this morning.  I'm getting ready to go to Dale Jenkins lecture in the next half hour, for those of you who remember him coming to Vero.  A great line up of topics over the next couple days.  Wednesday, my plan is to interview a potential summer intern for Joel, and fly back Thursday.  Somewhere in between I've got to prepare my sermon for this week.

Speaking of which, this Sunday we will begin a new sermon series called "The Divine Compulsion".  It is based on a workshop I will be doing next month in Trinidad.  The first lesson deals with the question, "Can we prove the will of God with our lives?"  Read Romans 12:2.

I would be amiss if I did not mention the sermon series we recently concluded, "Forgotten Virtues."  I want to thank everyone for the kind comments about these lessons.  First of all, God receives all the glory for any good that came from these sermons, and secondly, as a preacher, I appreciate the way these lessons were received by you.  Big topics.  Big messages.  Big changes.

Well I need to get going, but I wanted to stop to communicate with my favorite congregation on earth.  I love you all and Lord willing, I will see you Sunday.