Bull Durham

Cool article about the making of the movie Bull Durham. 

https://x.com/fayobserver/status/2077317393659892005?s=46 

Anthony Flanagan was a sports legend at SW Dekalb, the first black quarterback at UGA, and the first to play both football and basketball at UGA in years and years. Passed away from complications from diabetes in his early 40’s. 

https://www.ghsfhf.com/hall-of-fame-classes/2023-class/anthony-flanagan 

Back to De-Cluttering

Lee and Nancy stopped by to help us declutter. Made a tons of progress in my office, but it was a two steps forward, one step back situation. Lang called to check in. We discussed his father's funeral.

Winnie was hovering when I was eating both breakfast and lunch.

Spaghetti for supper.

Watched a good chunk of the MLB All Star Red Carpet Show this afternoon, held outside Independence Hall. Freddie Freeman was interviewed.

Saw the Seinfeld episode with Clint Howard, where Jerry and George visit Kramer in jail. At first Kramer is upbeat about his life in LA - before pleading for their help to get him out of there. Ever feel like that?

Cool photo overlooking the sold out FanFest at Centennial Olympic Park. 

Besides the Expos pinwheel helmet that debuted in 1969, was the Braves 1972 batting helmet not the first of it's style? I'll have to research. Soon thereafter the Brewers, Mariners, and Padres came out with similar helmets. Also the Orioles and maybe a few other teams. 

Doing the Work of the Father

Clay Smith JFBC

Forward: into our community

John 4:28-38. John models for us how to live on mission, talking to the Samaritan woman. Jews did not interact with Samaritans. The woman came to the well at noon perhaps because of previous bad decisions. After she left her water pot there, she went off to tell people about Jesus.

v 31-34 Jesus said I have food to eat that you don’t know about. My food is doing the work of the Father, of who sent me.

JFBC plans for the service to last 70 minutes, always ending by saying “You are sent”.

Jesus was sent to reveal the Father, to live a sinless life. The core of the Gospel. His righteousness is given to us. Jesus came to destroy the work of the devil.

He came to save. Luke 19.

The point: we are sent in His name. John 20 …as the Father has sent me, so I send you.

The question: are we sent? Or all we settled, like an oil & vinegar salad dressing?

Two lessons…

1. You have to see the work. On farms you had to wait to harvest. But then we can see what needs to be harvested.

2. Share the work. God wants us to help others along in their journey. How has our church gotten comfortable? Do we have margin in our lives, where we take time to look around? 

7 million people in Atlanta, and 67% don’t go to church. Ask ChatGPT about East Cobb…affluent, educated, materially full but spiritually thin. East Cobb has lots of depression and  apprehension. Lonely. An emptiness that can only be filled by Jesus. The same can be said about Buckhead and most of the rest of the city.

Expanding Ministry initiatives:

1. evangelism disciple making.

2. Home groups. Shifting ministry into neighborhoods. 30 have already been started.

3. More church planting in Atlanta.

4. Ministry to the vulnerable. Serve our city, etc. Food, emotional.

5. Adoption and foster care. Christians adopt and foster at a higher level.

6. Pro family and marriage.

7. Benevolence, assist those in need.

8. Reaching into local schools. Wheeler has 60 homeless children.

The goal is how many we can minister to, not how many we can fit into a new worship facility.

Goal: 100% participation. Not just a building program but an expansion of the entire church ministry. Aiming to raise $82 million. Includes regular budget for the next 2 years plus all of the usual additional offerings, like missions. JFBC currently supports 24 missionary units.

The church’s last building campaign was over 20 years ago.

Funny Thing About Love

Yes last night's Hallmark Channel movie was hoakey. Did have a couple of recognizable actors.

Monday: Matthew stopped by. Nancy popped in. I went for a walk. The Cho's brought us supper.

Actor Sam Neill has passed away. He was 78. Was in lots more than just Jurassic Park.

July 12

Breakfast while watching JFBC. Forgot to to a picture of the sandwich that C made me for lunch.

C&A brought Miller over for a visit. As they were leaving, W&MC drove up in their new Toyota Sienna hybrid minor. Nice. Later M stopped by to visit. 

Bonnie Tyler passed away. She was 75.

Senator Lindsay Graham passed away after a short illness. He was 71.

Reid's Funeral

 

Baby Miller is starting to bond with Goose. Miller has has three baby cousins born in the past three weeks: Burns to Beau and Bae, Theo to Jordan and Ted, and Louise to Joe and Katherine. Below Miller models her Taqueria del Sol onesie.

Matthew had a one of his own concoctions make the Kimball House mei: his signature oatmeal cookie cream sandwiches were on the special menu for July 4th. They sold out.

Some Tech fans loved those old honeycomb uniforms. Not sure why. You could only see the honeycombs if you were up close - it's hard to see them in this photo. Instead the helmets look off white. And the jerseys and pants are worse. No pop to the numbers. Good riddance.

Former Jefferson JayBuck passed away last week. We were keeping the girls and couldn't make it back for the funeral. JayBuck was a friend of Mr Miller, his daughter Bettina went to school with Ceil. Classic stories of the families sleeping over together when the power was out. JayBuck always sounded like he was up to something. Always asked good questions about y work and life. Had some good conversations with him on his front porch, just down Leee Street from the Miller's house. He will be missed. 

I still have a couple of these helmets.

The SEC.

Question of the Day: who are your favorite Cardinals?

Status Update

 Since my friend recently passed away, I’m no longer writing the update emails that form the basis for my blog posts. I’ve been posting much too political data recently, and want to put a stop to that.

Had a busy few weeks and am not ready to put an end this old blog quite yet, but might seriously cut back on the content. We’ll see. 

Peachtree Times

0.52.16 08.25 32 Annie Norman 4539th, 128th in age group

0.55.03 08.52 59 Steve Edwards SPdL

0.57.52 09.19 24 Graham Smith JFBC

1.00.37 09.46 32 Will Murphy 10609th ot 45225

1.03.53 10.17 52 Atlanta mayor Andre Dinkins

1.06.00 10.38 26 Nathan Hall JFBC

1.06.07 10.39 27 Emma Benkert, Nathan's friend

1.07.00 10.47 44 Scott Morris SPdL (middle)

1.08.54 11.06 26 Jackson Brasfield JFBC

1.09.44 11.14 62 Danny Downing JFBC

1.09.45 11.15 62 Jimmy Light SPdL

1.14.40 12.01 44 Karolina Krawczyk Ryerson

1.15.15 12.07 56 Raphael Warnock politician

1.17.33 12.29 24 Emma Brasfield JFBC

1.17.43 12.31 64 Tracy Ellis Mt Paran

1.21.28 13.07 58 Kelly Johnson SPdL

1.23.54 13.31 38 Chris Vineyard Ryerson (left)

2.04.27 20.02 51 Brandon Leak 680 the Fan