West Cocoa Chat

A little bumper digression for a family update. First, a box score from last night:

Cocoa 8, Titusville 2

Cocoa 130 030 1 -- 8 12 1
Titusville 000 000 2 -- 2 5 6

Ryan Hunter and Eric Zarm; Joey Stanga, Danny Hayes (2) and Anthony Marasco W: Hunter. L: Stanga (1-2). 2B: C -- Tyler Anderson, Ryan Holloway, Brett Langston, Josh Woods, Steven Walker 2. HR: C -- Walker; T -- Hayes. Record: Titusville 3-7.

Steven had another “3/4 of the Cycle Night” hitting a single, double, and a 2-run home run last night in our game with Titusville. When he came up to bat one of my fellow “Dads” said, “You know, with the way our boys are hitting the ball along with the wind blowing out, you’d think one of those “big boys” would hit one out.” It was about that time that Steven, the shortest kid and lightest kid in the lineup blasted one over the center-field fence. There were 4 of us Dads that were not only cheering but laughing as Steven crossed the plate and was congratulated by his taller teammates, some of them 6-3 and 6foot-6inches tall by being patted on his helmet. It was truly a picture of irony that the shortest kid in the starting lineup took the only ball yard.

I’m sure some of you are wondering how our experience with Steven’s sister, Liz, is going. I can only say that we’re growing to love her more and more and are blessed each time she visits. She has added a dimension to our family that amazes me each time she visits.

This past Sunday at our church was dynamic. Liz was with us again and I’ve never heard our Praise Team sing as well as they did. They were able to take our church to a level of worship that I’ve only dreamed about whenever I visited the Long Beach Church, gone to the evening worship at Pepperdine, or what you experience at the Zoe Conferences. I think the difference maker is that not only is the “technical level” approaching excellence with respect to our Praise Team but they’re also family. It’s tantamount to hitting a home-run. A home-run of any kind is impressive but when it is family like your son, there is another level of admiration, appreciation, and adoration that takes place because of the family connection.

Don’s sermon was powerful as he continues to challenge all of us (or as we say in the South – “step on our toes”) with some of the latest statistics from Barna on the way Christians make their decisions. The statistics are grim and frightening with respect to how Christians make decisions along with their lack of a “Biblical World View.” As Don said, we have so many voices vying for our attention, our minds, and ultimately our actions. I’ll leave us with this verse from Colossians 3:1 – 4:

“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. ²Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. ³For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is your ^[life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”

// posted by cwinwc @ 3:12 AM