Dane Cook and Delivered Turkeys

This past weekend was relatively quiet.  Heather and I went and celebrated Sarah’s birthday on Friday.  It was pretty low key, but always a good time with friends.  Saturday was our day to clean the church offices.  Heather has taken it upon herself to organize (see throw away junk) at the office.  So, she’s been working pretty  hard to get it to a more presentable state.  As a church, we store so much at our office because in Manhattan, space is money.  That’s all changing though, which I’ll touch on in a different post coming soon. (so stay tuned)

 Anyway, you’re probaby wondering why the title says Dane Cook and Delivered Turkeys.  They’re not related at all, but they’re both really fun.  On Sunday night, Heather and I and some friends went to see Dane Cook at Madison Square Garden.  Dane, like many comedians can be quite vulgar, but has a way of making the simplest things in life really funny.  It’s certainly not for the kiddies to listen to, but if you’re looking for some good laughs he’s a good place to start.  Of course, you might not ever reach the level of Bill Cosby’s stand-up routine, but then who can?  (you might also like mitch hedberg or demitri martin…both super funny)

 So, that brings us to Thanksgiving week!  Praise the living God that it’s finally here.  I love this week.  It’s the epidomy of Fall.  Cool weather, football, amazing food, and the start of Christmas.  I was thinking today that I really don’t mind how early all the Christmas stuff comes out.  I used to think that you should wait until after Thanksgiving (and for the most part we do wait)  but at the same time…how great is it that we can celebrate the birth of Jesus for a couple months!  (I have to say that I wouldn’t mind so much if people started celebrating my birthday about a month and a half in advance…anyone?!?)

I see where people get a little cranky about it though…it’s not the birth of Jesus that is being celebrated, it’s the decorations and the gifts and the retailers and the shows and the lights that we celebrate, and it tends to take away from the real reason for the season.  But once again, I’ve completely digressed.

So, Delivered Turkey.  Everything is delivered in Manhattan.  Your laundry, your McDonalds, your movies, (not so much your mail, which is strange) just about anything you want can be delivered.  When you have to walk down to the grocery store, and you only buy as much as you can carry…it starts to get old.  So, we’ve discovered what so many people love and enjoy www.freshdirect.com

It’s the best!  we go grocery shopping online and in a day or so, it’s all delivered to the apartment for bascially no fee.  So, instead of having to walk up the hill with all of thanksgiving in our hands…we had a guy in a truck bring thanksgiving to us.  And we love him for it.  Thank you Fresh Direct!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The weekend review…

Not the craziest weekend by any means, but certainly one that went too quickly.  On Friday, Heather and I stayed in and watched Mission Impossible. (remember when Tom Cruize was only a little weird?)  It was a rainy cold night…which are the best to stay in an watch movies. 

Saturday turned out to be beautiful.  Still a bit cold, but really great weather.  Heather and I did some organizing around the house.  Cleaned out the hallway closet, hung some stuff on walls, rearranged stuff and then put it back where it was to begin with.  In the afternoon I met up with some guys from church.  We went up on my buddy Joe’s rooftop and had some cigars while we talked about church and building up leaders in New York City.  One thing we really hit on was how men love a mission…a pursuit of something that burns within us. 

I have to say that reaching the lost in New York City is a really fun mission.  People here are so real about who they are and where they are in life.  If things are terrible or if they just don’t like you, they’ll let you know.   Which makes the testimony all the more powerful when Christ come into their lives.  Where they were so real in their sin, they are even more real in their love for God and the life it creates. 

 This leads me to Saturday night…David Crowder Band at the Hamerstein Ballroom.  Pics to come soon!  Phil Wickham opened for him.  We only caught the last few songs of his set, but he’s got a pretty incredible voice.  And the lyrics of his songs are pretty much awesome too.  Crowder’s band seemed a bit tired (I would be too after 31 show tour) and the mix wasn’t so good from where we were standing.  For those who love audio, it was difficult to hear Crowder…along with the snare drum…two of the main things that I love up in the mix.  anyway…overall the show was pretty good.  I’m a fan of his ability to write some insightful worship stuff that isn’t over your head and isn’t too simple either.

 On to Sunday.  I went to help a friend do some “installs” on a restaurant window.  We basically put huge stickers on huge windows of a restaurant in time square.  It’s pretty cool work…creative and detailed, and instant gratification.  You see your work completed, and hear tourist comments as they walk by.  I’d post pics, but don’t have any. 

Then onto church where Heather and I lead worship, which is always a blast.  We love our church, and love leading them in worship.  nough said.

I bought Christmas candy today.  Not because i’m in the Christmas mode yet…but because it’s buy one get one free.

I’m a sucker for a deal, what I can I say?

Peace out.