Saturday Night Life

On a typical Saturday night, I would be running around crazy trying to solidify everything for Sunday. This includes making sure my sermons good to go, making sure my class is ready to go, making sure I'll be able to find socks that match. I am telling you the truth, there is a sock-napper in our house. My mind is so focused on Sunday, that I often to get to sleep until around 3:00 in the morning. I usually wake up at about 5:30-6:00 AM. You do the math, not much sleep! But tonight it's different.

I made sure that I completed all that I need to yesterday. When I got home yesterday, it was complete family time. We (the family and I) went to Longhorn Steakhouse, where I enjoyed a succulent T-Bone Steak with asparagus. We returned home and watched TV together and went to bed early. That felt so good!

This morning I woke up and helped the girls clean their room. We went to Cracker Barrel for a late breakfast (eggs over medium, bacon and apple covered pancakes). I watch a little football and we capped the day by going to a church member's house for a Harvest Party complete with a wiener roast, hay ride and smores!

We just returned home not to long ago and I am ready for bed, early! I will probably have a late night cup of tea, read a few pages in this book I'm reading and end my night by reading my text for tomorrow and talk to God for a bit. All in all, a pretty boring but refreshing day. And for this week, that;s my Saturday Night Life!

You may have wondered why the title, "Christ, Church and Chicken". Well if you know me, you know my life is dominated with Christ in the context of Church. Furthermore if you know me, you know I love chicken! I mean, I will destroy a piece of Chicken. You can bake it, fry it, saute it, broil it, barbecue it. There's chicken soup, chicken Marsala, cashew chicken, poppy seed chicken,, stuffed Chicken, KFC Chicken, Boston Market Chicken, Popeye Chicken, Chicken wings with Buffalo sauce... I love Chicken. Although this may sound cheesy (I love Chicken Parmesan, marinara sauce with lots of mozzarella Cheese), when I think of food, I think of family. I think about my Mom's chicken. I think about my dad eating chicken. Eating with family and friends is definitely my favorite pastime. It's no surprise to me that one of the marks of the early church was the frequency of eating meals together. I think my love for cooking can be directly tied to my desire to eat with people and enjoy all the things that come with eating together like conversation, laughter and story telling!

So stay tuned to my rants, thoughts and recipes! god Bless!

Tonight's Menu: Wiener Roast Potluck With All The fixins'