We only had one question submitted this week, and to be perfectly honest, I didn’t understand the question itself, so I can’t even make up an answer!  While I’m waiting for clarification on that one, let me ask you:  are you the same person wherever you are?

Last night I had Cold Stone here with our Missions Director Scott Pachol, to start fleshing out our plans for 2009 missions trips.  Afterwards, I rushed out of that meeting to get to a store before closing, to pick up an order I’d placed.  While standing there in my shorts, T-shirt, baseball cap & stubble (remember, it’s my day off), I was approached by one of the workers (maybe one of the owners, I forgot to ask) who introduced himself by saying, “I’ve been wanting to meet you”.

Turns out his adult daughter just recently began attending CLC and has been baptized in water and with the Holy Spirit in the few months she’s been coming, so she had expressed all sorts of positive reports about the church and her pastors.

As I drove away, I couldn’t help but wonder what he must have thought about my appearance.  Don’t get me wrong: pastors are entitled to a day off like anyone else, and that includes looking grubby (especially when my wife isn’t around), but the real question is this: does the way you live your life around others - on the job, around the neighborhood, with your server in a restaurant, even with your family inside your own home - truly reflect the same values you demonstrate in church on Sunday morning?

We’re going to address that issue, and more, during our “Faith at Home” sermon series this September 7, 14 and 21, concluding with an amazing conference September 26-28 with nationally-known speakers Mark Holmen, Joel Brooks and Gregg Johnson.

Now, what would you like to ask the pastor?