Sadness in the Neighborhood

I just found out today that PBS is planning to limit the showing of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to once a week during a Saturday time slot. (Thanks Becky for the 411). I don't know about you but Fred Rogers is literally one of my life role models. I think he was an amazing man of God and had a dramatically positive influence on scores of children. How can they take him off the air to replace him?
I have already done my bit to contact PBS headquarters as well as my local station to let them know that I am not at all happy about this. Please join me in petitioning PBS to reconsider. If not for me... do it for Fred. Afterall- he's your neighbor too!

RUGBY!!!

So, I went to my first rugby match this weekend. It was actually a double-header. It lived up to all of my expectations. Rugby is a really great sport! It was really fun to watch the game live because I was able to understand a bit more of what was going on. I still don't really understand the penalties, but at least I was able to keep up woth the game. The first match was the London Irish vs. the London Wasps. The Irish won. The second game was the Harlequins vs. the Saracens. The Harlequins won. I had some rowdy fans right by me for the second game. Luckily they were Harlequin fans so I didn't have to fear for my life when the game was over. Overall, it was a really cool experience. Sorry the pictures aren't very good, but action shots are difficult. Anyway... talk about a tough sport, I can even imagine how intense it is out there on the field. No pads and full body contact. Not to mention, some of these guys are huge. And not just big, but big and agile... Fast and large makes for big collissions.

Rain...

It is raining today in London (big surprise) and as I headed out this morning I thought to myself how I love the rain. I really do love it, just not when I have to walk in it. Well anyway, I walked to the train station this morning and when I got there I was a bit wet, and my back pack was really wet, and I thought about rain and water. It made me think of God and how I treat him sometimes... Let me explain. Water is necessary for survival. You simply have to have it to live. Sometimes you want to bask in it, swim in it, play in it, stand under it, etc... Sometimes you drink it in. Then there are times when you don't want to get wet. You would prefer the water stay off of you, so you carry an umbrella, or wear a raincoat. The interesting thing is, no matter what you do, the water usually penetrates through and gets to you. That's how God is. Sometimes I am ready to swim and play and bask in him and all of his glory and sometimes I get prideful and think that I can do it on my own, so I walk around with my "umbrella". But the awesome thing about God is, no matter what I do, he always penetrates and gets through to me. What a wonderful, patient, loving God we serve.