The new church is underway!! Check us out at www.room2live.org . We are so stoked about getting things going! There are Bible Studies on the website and a newsletter that tells what we're up to. There's a look at our future and all kinds of other stuff like pix and budgets and all that jazz. Check us out. Pray for us. Let me know how we can serve you or how you can serve God with us. We are ready to GOOOOOOOO!!

Well, I've done it. I had surgery to remove that disc in my back that was bad. The surgery went well. It has been a much more painful recovery than I expected. I am doing well today. It's funny what I can and can't do. I can't roll over in bed, but I walked a mile today. I can put on my socks about half the time. It's the strangest feeling. My friends are all coming over, making sure I have meals and company. I love rising to the challenges. I hope they don't last long... 

I love the New York Times. I love to open my computer every morning and read the news around the nation.  After that I go to my favorite comic pages on MyYahoo!  OK, so this morning, I start reading and I get to an opinion article b Nicholas Epley called "Rebate Psychology." In this article Epley cites research which proves people won't spend a tax rebate, they'll save it instead.  He says we should rename it a 'bonus' because people spend bonuses.  Here's my thought, Epley doesn't know my friends. If we had any money, we'd friggin' spend it for goodness sake!  I know, pastor's salaries generally fall below the poverty line so we don't have any idea how the other half lives.  What I do have ideas about is that rebate will go a long way toward feeding kids in rural America where their parents can't scratch a living out of the ground anymore.  It'll go a long way towards new eyeglasses or prescriptions for folks who have been putting off following their doctor's advice because medicare didn't cover what they needed.  I don't guess this was Mr. Epley's best opinion piece. Before I was through with the e-New York Times, I got an uplift though: You can rent a room at Our Lady of Guadalupe monastery, just 3-1/2 miles from Phoenix Stadium for the night of the Super Bowl for only $250. There's no curfew and no smoking. Sounds like a wonderful place to rest after your team wins the big game!