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Name: Dave
Gender: Male
Interests: Jesus, my Family, Harvest Community Church, tennis, basketball, movies, Macintosh computers, playing with my kids
Expertise: Preaching, teaching, reaching, and beseeching
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Member Since:
6/28/2003
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|  It happens that quite often I ask people about any famous people they've met or had brushes with in the past as a way to get conversations started. It's fascinating to hear people's responses. My own brushes with celebrity include getting my Palm Pilot signed by Cheri Keaggy (she said it was the first time she was asked to sign one of those), walking within 2 feet of Al Sharpton while he was a presidential hopeful, riding on a plane with Bill Cartwright (he flew coach!), seeing Richard Lewis the comedian in Florida at an airport, and walking right past David Schwimmer in London.
Well, add to that list the latest. I am writing this from Terminal 3, K Concourse at O'Hare on my way out to Los Angeles to speak at a revival meeting, and I just saw Mike Ditka -- Da Coach! He was riding to his gate on one of those golf cart trams - VIP service. I looked right at him and he at me. It was kinda cool since he's such a Chicago icon. Just thought I'd mention it. | | |
| Ever since becoming a citizen and taking the civics and government class in high school, I have longed to serve jury duty. I may be the only person who would wish for jury duty, but I have always been fascinated by the American judicial system and have always wanted to be a part of the process up close and personal.
The other day I got a jury summons in the mail and Jeannie thought I'd won the lottery or something. There is no guarantee that I will be selected for the jury, but it's a start anyway. Here's hoping that I get to finally serve on a jury and that it will be an interesting case. | | |
|  DISCLAIMER: I am neither a Cubs fan nor a White Sox fan so Cubs fans, don't take this personally.
I was driving to work this morning and heard something funny on the radio. "Why don't the Cubs have a web site? Because they can't seem to put 3 w's in a row." Haha.
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| finishing the job
The other day I was listening to Open Line on WMBI and I heard someone named Sunday make a really great comment. He was saying that sometimes we feel so overwhelmed when we look at the enormity of the tasks that confront us today. So much to be done! But we are not called to finish the BIG tasks all by ourselves, but to be faithful to finish our personal life's assignment. We may not see the BIG job finished in our lifetimes, but if we are faithful, we can finish OUR jobs before we die. What an encouraging thought. | | |
| how to get rid of your pastor
A friend of mine sent me this and I got a good chuckle out of it. Don't read too much into it. I just thought some of you would get a laugh (and maybe some inspiration) out of it too. 
A Christian leader told of a group of laymen who came
to see him one day for some advice. They wanted to
know of a diplomatic way to get rid of their pastor.
The man, sensing that they were not being fair, gave
them some suggestions:
1. Look your pastor straight in the eye while he is
preaching and say amen once in a while. He'll preach
so hard and so well that he'll soon preach himself
to death.
2. Pat him on the back and tell him his good points.
Before you know it, he'll work himself to death.
3. Rededicate your own life to Christ and ask your
minister for a job to do. He'll die from heart failure
almost instantly.
4. Get the church to unite in prayer for him. Soon
he'll become so great and so effective that a larger
church will make him a better offer and take him off
your hands.
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