…I really liked about the worship service today:

• I really appreciated the flow of the service today. I thought Steve and his team did a great job of leading us in worship throughout the morning. I particularly appreciated the invitation to reflect at different points this morning. Steve could have been talking about me when he said, “Sometimes I need to stop talking to God so I can start listening to Him.” Absolutely.
• It always feels a bit strange to me on the last day of a sermon series- as was the case today with The Office series. I did appreciate Ray’s recap of the Joseph story from Genesis. I also resonated with the repeated reminder that all of life is sacred. There is no part of my life that God is uninterested in.
• It was cool to see some of the folks a few rows over who had been baptized a couple of weeks ago. Especially cool since we got to hear the stories of what God has been doing in their lives lately… amazing stuff! Kind of makes me wonder what other signs of life might be taking place in the lives of Parkview people.
• This might sound funny, but I really liked having the kids in the worship service this morning since most of our Children’s Ministry volunteers, along with many other Sunday volunteers, have been given the month of July off. It was cool to see the family in front of me following along together in the Bible as Ray told the Joseph story. It was especially cool to see some families sharing communion together. Since Maggie and I don’t have kids, we don’t know some of the hassle that must be involved with bringing your kids to the worship service. But, I’ve got to believe that it is a very good thing for families to worship together occasionally.