Kennedy Racing Team, AWANA Grand Prix (Pinewood Derby)

March 9th was the Annual AWANA Grand Prix (Pinewood Derby Race).  This is the first year my kids have participated in one of these races.  I did them a few years back when I was involved with AWANA’s as a leader. 

Look at these beauties, they look shinier than a Corvette on a dealer’s showroom floor.  Click on any of the pictures for a larger view, check out the LivingVision logo like the one on my site.  Free advertising.

Okay, enough about how good the cars look.  Three cars race down the track at one time per heat.  There were over 100 cars entered in 4 categories. 

1. Puggles/Cubbies
2. Sparks
3. TNT – (older kids)
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Caught in the Middle

As a Christian do you ever feel like you are caught in the middle?  Let me explain what I mean.  In your mind you want to live that passionate Christian life that God calls us to have, yet you’re still hanging on to some control that you just won’t or do not know how to let go of.  Maybe there is something in your life, an action or habit, that you are holding on to where God is saying…just turn it loose, give it over to me.  I often find myself in this type of situation where one side of my brain wants to jump in with both feet, and the other side is saying no, no, no.  I often go in spurts, where I have several “on fire” days for God only to be followed by an equal or larger amount of days with not wanting to or even spending much time with Him.  When I was not a Christ follower, I was not in the middle; all of my days had nothing to do with God.  Soon after I became a Christ follower, the weeks following were filled with being close to God, I wanted everything I did to be about God.  Too often, after those initial weeks after accepting Christ, I have and many others have experienced an emotional let down.  That is what I call “caught in the middle”.  You are somewhere between what you used to be and what you want to be.  Casting Crowns has a song called “Somewhere in the Middle”.  I have attached the words to this song at the very bottom of this posting for your review.  This song provoked me to write this blog and to look deeper at myself and why I do this “on/off” thing with God. Read more

Stormy Days

Everyday has the potential to be a storm.  Some days “life” just happens.  Our days do not always go as planned or our “to-do” list is longer at the end of the day then at the beginning and the pressures of life just build up.  During these days are when we have a tendency to lower the bar we have set or to let our values drop a bit to get by.  I mentioned in an email a few months ago, that you as Directors, have an added responsibility to hold the bar high for your staff.  We as humans tend to move toward what we see in our minds, and what we typically see in our minds is the way we live our life daily.  You will tend to respond to those stormy days the way you live your life or the way you “train” yourself daily. Read more

January 30, 2008 · Filed Under Devotionals, Misc

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Attitude and Actions

Everyday has the potential to be a storm.  Some days “life” just happens.  Our days do not always go as planned or our “to-do” list is longer at the end of the day then at the beginning and the pressures of life just build up.  During these days are when we have a tendency to lower the bar we have set or to let our values drop a bit to get by.  I mentioned in an email a few months ago, that you as Directors, have an added responsibility to hold the bar high for your staff.  We as humans tend to move toward what we see in our minds, and what we typically see in our minds is the way we live our life daily.  You will tend to respond to those stormy days the way you live your life or the way you “train” yourself daily. Read more

January 25, 2008 · Filed Under Devotionals, Misc

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