Last Night

So, last night was a great night at Oxygen. We had 28 students! Combined with our 6 adult leaders, that means we had 34 total. Thats exciting. Better than that, we had a really good prayer time at the end. I had expected something, but was pleasantly surprised. The message was a little more intense than usual, which may have scared a few students. Tried to curb that with some humor at the front end and in the middle, but I'm still ok with how the message went, which is pretty good for a preacher the day after :) The music went good too. The last song was "Carried to the Table" by Leeland. If you haven't listened to Leeland, you really need to. They are a really great band.

My Take So Far...

So, for the past two weeks I've kinda been enamored with the party conventions and the whole presidential election drama. I have several opinions, most of which I choose to keep to myself because I am in a dual-polar context... meaning that in most cases, regardless which party/candidate is up for discussion, odds are someone in the group will be completely opposed to them. For that reason, I usually just smile and nod, not wanting to be drawn into a discussion where others are so decided and I yet have seen or heard enough to make a decision.

So, both conventions were entertaining, mostly appealing to their party's base, which is what a convention should be doing. Obama wowed people with his Thursday night glam-speech at Mile High, but Gov. Palin's Wednesday night speech at the RNC garnered only slightly less TV viewers (both more than the Olympic opening ceremony). Obviously, large audiences and speeches are strong points for Obama and not so much for McCain. However, even McCain did a decent enough job.

So, my take so far is basically based on the picks for VP. Both Obama and McCain are running on the idea of change; Obama the New Kid and McCain the Maverick. When it came time to pick a VP, one chose a Washington insider and the other chose a reformer no one had really heard of... I do think that is significant. Now, I am in NO WAY declaring an allegiance to McCain, all I am saying is that I found the picks VERY interesting. Actually, I'll probably write in my vote... JESUS!

If He gets 5% of the popular vote, Jesus can have a spot at the next elections presidential debates!

So... VOTE FOR JESUS!