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Solar Powered…

Joe Kennedy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:14:40 +0000

A friend of mine was given the opportunity to plant a church in the Pacific Northwest some years ago. During the assessment, he was asked how the weather would affect him. The Northwest can experience extended periods without sunshine. My friend explained that he was solar powered; a life without sunshine would certainly affect his personality and attitude.

Since I moved to Fort Worth, I’ve experienced a different climate. Not only is it hotter and drier, but it’s also sunnier. I can expect a rain shower once every two weeks or so, and the rest of the time it’s sunshine and blue skies. Unlike my friend, I wasn’t born solar powered. I grew up on the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Mississippi. Summers on the Coast are different than anywhere I’ve ever been. Every afternoon sometime between two and three the skies grow dark, as if God somehow turned the sun off, and the clouds open up a barrage of raindrops the size of quarters. When it rains like that, the greens are just a little bit greener. The azaleas are a little pinker. Color springs to life. It’s a wonderful sight.

Today it was cloudy in Benbrook. The temperature never rose above 95F, so the heat couldn’t cause the boiling haze in the air. The skies were a mixture of light and dark gray, offering protection from the sun and clarity to see the world as it really is. Days like today give me strength.

It looks like it’s going to rain this evening. What a glorious day.

Fort Worth Heat…

Joe Kennedy — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:56:48 +0000

How hot is it? THIS HOT! When I looked over at my thermometer it said the outside temp was a whopping 117! By the time I got outside to snap a shot of my outside remote thermometer, it was down to 116.6. As I type this, the temperature has dropped to 112.1. INSANE!

Pray for Union University…

Joe Kennedy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:13:05 +0000

If you’re willing to take a few minutes to pray for the students at Union University (website down as of this post) in Jackson, Tennessee, I’m sure they’ll appreciate it. There’s been a major tornado there, and it’s done a lot of damage. A lot of students are shaken up, and the campus is pretty trashed, I’m told. Pray for the students and their families.

Our current pastor’s daughter is a student there, and our former pastor’s son is as well. Pray for the Stewarts and Shaddixes if you can, or if you know the families I’m referring to.

I Will Return…

Joe Kennedy — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:31:00 +0000

I’m ticked off. My city is in ruins. Thousands may be dead in New Orleans alone. But I will be back. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary will be back. We will return. And when we get back, we will not be stopped. My friends from NOBTS:

Go, we are the church scattered- and don’t you forget- we ARE the church- go out and do what we do. Let our voices be heard, let our faces be seen- let us be NOBTS wherever we are.

To my friends from Edgewater: you know what to do. We are Edgewater- everywhere we go.

Until we meet again in New Orleans.

Love you all.

Joe Kennedy