Whose a Geezer?

Last night at Youth Specialties, Pittsburgh, we heard from a woman who easily could be my grandmother.  In fact she even looked like a combination of my maternal grandmother and my paternal grandmother.  I mean seriously this one was scary.   It was so close to what I’ve grown up with that when she got on the stage, I almost ran up and hugged her.  She has to be just about near ancient.  

BUT!  And hear me say BUT… She rocked my world last night.  Here’s the gig.  She gave in an hour the very best overall bit of church history that I have ever heard.  Including any sermon, any lecture, and any time I ever spent at Philadelphia Biblical University.  Then she didn’t just stop there…. no…. here is this woman who was a titus woman to Eve explaining to me what our church is currently going through.  You know, the things that “only young people feel”.  The questions, the longings for more, the generation x factors…  She tore it up!  She went systematically through it all and worked up an amazing explanation of where the church is today and not necessarily claiming to know where it was headed, but just said this… “It’s going to be okay…  God is in this.”  

I will forever be thankful for my Grandmother??? Mrs. Phyllis Tickle…  Oh, and Matt Maher led us in worship.  LOVED IT!  and Taylor Mason made me laugh… And they- being YS seriously handed out John Tesh Dance DVD’s.  HONESTLY!  I”M NOT KIDDING.  JOHN TESH!  WOW.  That is all I’m saying… So, watch out… in the near future you may be seeing a contest here on the salt lick, with a grand prize of a JOHN TESH Dance DVD!  

Stay tuned…  I’ve got to go fill the tank at Au Bon Pain…  GOOD MORNING!

~Peter