last Sunday on easy street

Well, tomorrow will be my last Sunday in awhile when I'm not preaching. As I told some folks at the Heath's house today, I did so well when I led both services alone a month ago that I haven't preached since. Actually, we had already planned that so that Bob could do a sermon series, but it's a lot more entertaining to act like there's a grand conspiracy to keep me from preaching. But it'll be kind of nice to have something every week that can be somewhat of a performance gauge, since it's hard to tell if I did a good job visiting people or preparing, but I can usually notice when a sermon tanks or if it goes well.

We had a return visit from Ahab the Armadillo (read this to find out more about him) on our way home tonight. He was running across the street this time. I actually didn't spot him, but Amanda saw him scooting across the road and into the woods. I guess I'll look for other ways to not watch football after the game today (although seeing Georgia Tech win in Blacksburg was nice). I could do what Amanda was just doing, looking at some of the "25 greatest plays in Alabama history" to cheer ourselves, but I'll probably just go to sleep.

google calendar

I've spent a good bit of time over the past week messing around on Google Calendar. We've decided to use that for the church's calendar so that everyone can see it easily and so that we can distribute the right to add things throughout the staff. The calendar is here if you're interested. It's also embedded in our newly redesigned website.

Amanda and I went to the Cullman versus Walker game last night, which was pretty fun. I saw quite a few people from the church, so I guess maybe I should wear a polo shirt instead of a t-shirt next time. Oh well, it was fun talking to everyone outside of the church.

It'll be interesting to see how the Foxsports commentators do on the Alabama game. They can't be any worse than JP, whose commentators just praised an Auburn defender for his excellent coverage on a play where the ball hit the defender on the back of the head and Brandon Cox just happened to pelt the guy on his helmet. At least we can listen to the Bama game on the radio if they're too bad.