If you can't stand the heat then get out of the kitchen!  I am looking forward to the NBA playoffs.  I am a true Miami fan living in Chicago.  It is exciting to know we have a player you can count on during crunch time.  Some players crumble under pressure and some rise to the top.

I am also excited about this series on stress.  I always thought I did well under pressure.  Yet, my first six years of marriage and gathering 4 children proved to be the biggest adjustment of my life.  I never new the pressure could be so great.  On one day I went from an independant single man to a family of 3!  I have no regrets and am grateful. But I have to admit, that even though I had worked with teens for years, parenting one is a whole different story.  And then throw in 3 babies in 4 years and now the kitchen stove has a bunch pots on the pressure cooker.  I will be preaching at two different locations and a youth retreat over the next three weeks.  BRING IT ON BABY!  Don't worry, I am learning the challenge is to great for me.  But I love to have a front row seat to God at work.  I will not be one of the boys who bails out when the kitchen gets hot!  I will not slow down nor back off. I will serve my family and be faithful to my call.  By God's strength and grace I will grow through the pressure and not crack up under the stress!  Please pray for me.  I need it :).

Looking forward to how far the Miami Heat will go and a milion times more looking forward to what God will do over the three weeks!