Finally Friday

Wow, this week was intense.  Still is in fact.  Finished Hot Blues & BBQ last Sunday, Fathers Day this Sunday, Capital Campaign Roll-Out next Sunday (you are not going to BELIEVE how cool our building is gonna look), right into Freedom Fest on July 3rd and kicking off a brand new series on the 4th called "Deadliest Catch".  So much going on at Crossroads and on the tent-making front for me as well.  Tons of work to do, projects to manage and deadlines to meet, and just found out a couple of days ago that my company is sending me to Haiti for a week in July!  Can't wait!!

So, as we round the corner into the weekend, don't let it slip that Sunday is indeed Fathers Day.  Maybe that applies to you in some way and maybe it doesn't.  But if it does, don't forget the card, or forget to make the call.  As a father of a multitude, trust me, it means a lot.  One guy wrote: "Let's face it guys, Fathers Day is the Rodney Dangerfield of holidays, the 'get-no-respect' little brother of Mother's Day".  That's just the way it is.  Interestingly (and says a lot more than we have time to talk about here), one survey of incarcerated felons showed that given the opportunity, 86% of inmates would send their mother a Mothers Day card, while only 34% would send their father a Father's Day card.  I know there's a lot behind that statistic, but moms definitely get the majority of the life kudos.  As one little boy said to his mom: 

"So let me get this straight. You say the stork brings babies?"

"Yes", answered his mother.

"And the Lord gives us daily our daily bread?"

"Yes, dear".

"And Santa Claus brings the presents at Christmas?"

"Yes...!"

"Well, then", the little boy frowned, "what do we need Daddy for?"

We're gonna dig into that one this Sunday.  Be sure to bring dad.  (He's the one sitting on the couch wondering why he can't get any respect.)  Peace.