I was reading Marketwatch and came across this very interesting article. It will be interesting to see if NBC can find someone else to pick them up or if NBC will take a hit.

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College football season that is. This is the first official weekend of college football. It doesn't get any better than this. I know that a majority of you wil say that you enjoy Pro football better. Odds are if this is you, you are not from the midwest or the south or you did not go to a division 1 college. My Alam Mater, Oklahoma State, kicks off tomorrow night at Georgia at 6:45pm. It will be a tough game. It is on ESPN 2 and I may or may not be able to watch it. We have a volunteer staff retreat with Mariners Church junior high in Palm Springs. It is suppose to be really hot, like 115 degrees hot.

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So, I started my new job this week. I had new teacher orientation yesterday, and to be honest it was so different than what I am use to. I have been working in the church for the last 3+ years. School is new to me, but I know it will be fun. My job roles as of now are the K-8th grade Chaplain and elementary/JH yearbook coordinator. School officially starts on September 4th. Please be praying for me.

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So which one should churches go by. If a person has a passion for singles, but the executives feel like that person would be a better fit in Jr. High where do they put him or her. I know for a fact that at the church I just left they hired someone to be the 5th and 6th grade director. This person originally stated that they had no desire to hold that position. He actually applied for my position, Jr. High Director, because he has a passion for older students. The execs apparently felt like he would be better fit for the 5th and 6th graders. I am not sure which one is right, but if a person has no desire to lead in a certain position why hire someone to do it. My personal opinion is to put someone in a position they have a passion for. I feel like if you put someone in a position they don't have a passion for then it will just become a job rather than a ministry. I hope this isn't the case there, but I saw it a couple of other times. Let me know your opinion on this matter. Would you rather be placed in a position you have no passion for, but the execs feel you fit, or take a position that you have a passion for.

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I have not worked in a ministry environment for a month until last Sunday when I went to summer camp as a volunteer at Mariner's Church in Irvine. Honestly it felt great. I also have not read any books on ministry. I have stayed caught up on blogs though, read the Bible and prayed. I am ready to get back in the saddle and read a few books. The first one I will be picking up is the The Blogging Church by Brian Bailey and Tery Storch. I am really excited to read this. I would aIso love to have access to the Alpha version of You Version that was developed by Lifechurch.tv. I am also excited to start my job as the k-8th grade Chaplain and Elementary/Jr. High yearbook coordinator at CVCS. I have new teacher orientation on Tuesday. I am looking forward to this.

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Not a great game even though Vlad hit 2 homeruns. But I did have fun with my wife and our friends Jason who is in charge of Discipleship at Saddleback HSM and Allison who is a 2 year intern with HSM. The highlight was when we got on the jumbotron, we were dancing like idiots which always gets you on.

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Just returned from my second summer camp of the summer. It was by far the better one. We did a houseboat trip to Lake Shasta in Northern California. It was so laid back and just chill. That is the main word I heard all week from the students. We took 52 6th, 7th and 8th graders. It was so much fun. It is weird being a volunteer in a ministry and not being on staff. It is so great to be at such a healthy church. I know Mariah enjoys it and I am loving it as well. Going to the Angels game tonight. Should be awesome.

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The David Crowder Band's new CD Remedy is going to be released on September 25th. I love DCB and I am super excited about this CD. You can pre-order it on their website. As always it should be good.

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I am addicted to it. I worked on 23 puzzles today. I still can't do the hard ones yet, just easy and medium. I thought I would be terrible at them because I am terrible in math, but they really have nothing to do with math. If you haven't tried a puzzle yet you really should.

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