Here is a clip from George's blog. If you haven't read it yet - enjoy. This is us.
Sunday night our Connection Group got a taste of the real Saylor household.
I left the house at 3pm to preach at an event in a neighboring town.
Robin came home at about 6pm from another party and started cleaning up.
I picked up Justin at 6:15pm from his friend Caleb's house.
Our group started to arrive at 6:30pm, right on time.
I didn't get home until 6:45pm.
Robin asked if I remembered to pick up Eden.
I didn't.
The birthday party she was at ended at 4pm (what's 3 hours late among friends?)
Justin and I had not eaten.
I gave Justin a bag of lunch meat and a block of cheese.
I grabbed a piece of cheese cake.
Justin rejected the bag-o-meat and opted for my cheese cake.
Robin walked in with Eden to see all this unfolding in front of our group. So much for the image of the perfect pastor's family.We tried so hard to keep up appearances! We told the group when we started that we'd be hospitable, but we'd also be real. Now they've seen the real side.
Then we had a great discussion. And we really prayed for each other. This is authentic community. Then we had company come to spend the night!2 days into the week and we've had nearly 30 visitors already!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Real Us
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2 comments:
Hey, if we're ever in the area, you can bet we're gonna knock on your door and come visiting too! :-) You guys have a beautiful, awesome and yes, real, family!
nothing like reality to get a community up and running!
robin, i think you mentioned something about being authentic in a recent post. do i detect a theme?
hope you're all doing well. by the way, if you're starting a christmas list, i just blogged about a few things NOT to buy. :) george, you're a pastor. the church (at least the church's marketing) needs a swift kick in the pants. what can you do about it???
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