AUTHOR: Mark TITLE: DATE: 10:07:00 PM ----- BODY: It is the eve of Sunday.......... The night of which I have dread for the past 4 years. Most people don't understand, most people don't get it. It's what I do, it's who I am. I should look forward to Sunday's, I should anticipate and embrace the excitement. But it's not excitement, in the sense of, I just can't wait!! It's more like I have to be something that I am not, or rather I have to stand for something that makes me want to vomit. This week our senior pastor video taped a plane ride with a local small plane owner, in order to illustrate his points on his sermon on attitude. Get it, attitude - altitude, how clever. Or how cheesey? He pulls verses from all over scripture, bringing them together so neatly. My pride overwhelms me. My ego takes center stage. I CAN'T STAND IT!! I want to vomit. Am I the only one that sees the guy behind the curtain? Certainly, somebody else can see? Isn't there more to the story than plane rides and tricks? Doesn't scripture mean more than an encyclopedia or some resource book? Can we just pick some verses that talk about attitude and claim them? My ego will be the end of me. My pride will consume me. I need help. I need a new place to worship. Would it be strange for one of the pastors at a church worship at a different church from which he is a pastor? --------