It has been several months since I have taken the time to round up all of my loose mental squirrels, so here goes once again. And thank you in advance for bearing with me once again as I decidedly deviate from a singular-thought column into another set of random access musings.
1. There is no longer any need to talk about using duct tape for anything you do not want to move. Gorilla tape is as far superior to duct tape as filet mignon is to Spam. In theological terms, it is the eternal security of the tape world.
2. One of the recent high school graduates in my youth group, having matured beyond such immature things, gave me his Captain America shield fidget spinner. I am not sure what bothers me more: the fact that he thought I was still juvenile enough to play with such a thing or the fact that he was absolutely correct. It is sitting beside me as I type this, spinning smoothly along. It will go for about a minute and a half without stopping if spun well enough.
3. I am genuinely curious how churches around the country are recovering in all facets from Covidpocalypse and would love to hear how yours did and is doing. Ours (to God be the glory) is substantially bigger than pre-Covid, as are many (but certainly not all) of the churches I am invited to come and preach in. I am grateful for people who came back after all of the pandemic scare, even more grateful for those new folks who came during all of it and even more grateful than that for those who stayed faithful and never missed a beat the entire time.
4. I am a bit of a fitness fanatic. I (mostly) eat right, and I work out pretty hard four or five days a week. I say that for a bit of context for what I am about to say. A “fitness guru” in his 30s just died. And it did not take me long into reading his story to find that he was “getting chemical help” to achieve his impressive physique, “help” that very likely contributed to his early demise. I mourn his death; please understand that. But for any of you who truly want to be fit and strong and are not simply trying to amass millions of Instagram followers that you can then monetize, please pay attention. As 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 tells us, your body belongs to God; it is his property. As such, being stupid on the “Take unneeded shortcuts and hope you can avoid the consequences” side of things is as bad and wrong as being stupid on the “Eat like a moose/lie around/get obese/post about body positivity” side of things. No, you probably won’t become Instagram famous if you do things naturally. The most successful workout video I have ever done got around 3,000 views. But you will almost certainly live a long and healthy life. And for any thinking person, that is the better option anyway.