A Change of Heart and a Slice of Pizza

Most people have a favorite Pizza place. Pizza is good and you will eat it almost anywhere but there is usually that one place that does it just the way you like it. For me that place is Pizza Hut. Their deep dish Pizza is one that, in my opinion, cannot be beat.

Most people also have restaurants that they avoid. This can happen for a number of reasons: bad food, bad service, bad experiences and so on. Well for a long time I have not gone to Pizza Delight. They have pretty good Pizza but quite a while ago I went there and had bad food, bad service and a bad experience. So for a long time, unless I had to for whatever reason, I did not go to Pizza Delight.


Most recently though I have given them another chance. They have a really good take out deal on Monday nights and I have had excellent food, service, and experiences in my past few visits.

Now you may be thinking, "Thanks Dan, there is two and a half minutes I'll never have back but allow me to quote the "Sneller" here and say, "Here's why you care": We are very quick to spread bad news. When people go somewhere and have a bad experience they tell everyone but when we have a good one we only share that with a fraction of the later. When someone has wronged us or treated us unfairly we tell everyone but when we hear that Jesus Christ has saved us we remain silent. Perhaps it's time for a change of heart. Perhaps it's time to spread good news instead of misfortune.

Perhaps it's time for a slice of pizza... I'll let you decide.

The Week-End

Well I spent this past weekend the way I have spent many weekends this summer. I went to a wedding. It was great for a number of reasons. First it is awesome to see two Godly people commit themselves to each other as they commit themselves to God. Joel and Kia are an awesome couple and I really look forward to seeing how God uses them in his kingdom in future years.


It was also great because the wedding gave me the opportunity to spend some time with some good friends, Dave and Anna. My wife and I really miss them and became more aware of how much we did this weekend. It was great to spend some time with them and share some laughs.

Well I guess that is all. Congratulations Joel and Kia! (thanks for doing the thumbs up Joel!!!)

VBStress Produces VBS!

I will admit with complete honesty that I do not like getting ready for VBS. I am not sure why I dread it, it is never as bad a I anticipate but there is just so much to get ready and I am always stressed that everything is done, done right and looking good. It gives me a condition that many of us now affectionately call VBStress!

There are people who think that all ministry activities are a joy and believe to refer to it as stressful is sinful and we should count ourselves thankful to minister in such a free environment. Believe me, I do count myself lucky to live in a place where I can have a full time job as a minister in such a great church. I will not however contend that ministry is not sometimes stressful. We are dealing the eternity of all people here. Define stress!

What I will say is that ministry is always worth it. You see, mentos produce mass carbonation, ministry produces fruit and thus VBStress produces VBS. I love VBS and I believe that it is a valuable ministry that plants seeds that will be watered throughout the rest of life hopefully leading them to Christ and ultimately to heaven.

V.B.S.T.R.E.S.S.

Vacation Bible School's True Reason: Essentially Saving Souls

Randy was Right!

I don't believe it!

Extended warranty

I will attest to the fact that some of the dumbest words ever spoken are "Extended warranty! How can I lose?" I know that many companies make loads of extra cash off of cautious customers who want to make sure their stuff is maintained and covered should anything out of their control happen to it. The tough part with this stuff is figuring out if it is worth it.

Well about a year and a half ago my Mother tricked me into picking up my own Christmas gift. She told me that the Future Shop in Moncton had 3 Canon A60 digital cameras left and she wanted me to pick them up for some gals at work. One of them was for a gal at work and the others were for my brother and I. When picking them up I called her and asked about putting on the warranty. She didn't want to. Most of the time its a rip off. I usually get it though. Maybe I'm a sucker, an easy sell or just cautious but I most often get the extended warranty. So after much convincing I put the warranty on for some extra cash and covered the cameras for 2 years.

One of those cameras is mine now and here we are a year and half later and my camera died last week. Lens went and every picture looks black. However, because I have the 2 year warranty, it is completely covered. I hate to say I told you so Mom... so I won't.

This made me think, I am glad that when I gave my life to Christ that he put an extended warranty on me. In giving my life to him, he promised that no matter how bad it looked when he got it and how much I still abuse it, that he would give me a new one at the end. Free of charge. My camera is only covered for things that are not my fault for two years. My life is covered no matter what, forever.

Extended warranty... sometimes it is worth it.

ION

I know that I haven't been posting much lately and the posts that I have put up are all about Spider-Man, but given the title of this blog you really shouldn't be all that surprised. On to my life.


So last Thursday I bought a car, a Saturn Ion Sadan. It is a 2.2 4 cylinder. I was going to tell you that it was black but you can probably see that... unless you are colour blind... in which case every car is black... actually that is a very poor understanding about what colour blindness is... good thing this post is about my car and colour blindness.

Anyways, it is an awesome little car and I love it. I must also say that Saturn of Fredericton has got to be the best car dealership in the maritimes. They are so helpful and friendly. We bought our VUE from them and couldn't be more pleased. They really are a different kind of car company. And this is a different kind of post because finally there is content and no video. Enjoy!