Duck Ditch Update

It is Sunday morning and I am sipping on my first cup of coffee. I have 30 minutes before I get ready for church and then that weekly routine will happen once again. That routine includes going to the church, turning on all the equipment in the sound booth, sanctuary lights, fans, AC and unlocking all the doors. Soon after that folks start to arrive and then we get ready for our praise team practice just before church. We have 45 minutes to iron out any bugs that might exist for the musicians or vocalists and it also serves as time to warm up the vocal chords.
Since I logged on last it appears that Gather has done a remake of their website. From what I can tell I do like it. The interface seems to be clean and efficient. School is back in session and the teens are back to the grind.

In the last two weeks I have started a new job as an I.T. manager for a resort rental company on Kiawah Island SC. This is a full time job with benefits after 90 days. From what I can tell the folks are very nice and I think that I will enjoy the job once I get it under control. Lets just say that I have stepped off into a huge mess. It appears that this company has been rotating through I.T. people for the last 3 years. This will be my first "management" job in a LONG time so I will be sucked into doing "management" types of things such as putting together a budget and going to departmental meetings which I would just rather not have to do. Oh well, all I can do is the best I can do and leave the rest to God, right?

The drive to Kiawah Island takes approximately 50 minutes one way so I am spending more time on the road now. I have a friend of mine that is suggesting that I look into audio books. I guess that is an idea and would make the time fly by. I try to spend part of that time praying and meditating if I can. What else is there to do and what better thing is there to do when driving? LOL... We all need to pray that God will protect us when we are behind the wheel of our respective automobiles with some of the driving habits of those around us. It seems that when some folks get behind the wheel of their automobiles they transform into some sort of tasmanian devil.

Speaking of driving , my 16 year old alien princess is taking drivers ed this year in high school. We have been letting her drive our new car very recently and from what my wife said she is doing pretty good. Before I know it my insurance rates will go up and I will need to figure out how to get her a used car to drive around town. I need to find an older car that is made out of solid steel so that when she gets into her first accident she will be safe. Hopefully that first accident wont happen but I wont be surprised if it does.

I can not wait for the presidential elections to get here and finally be over. All of the political garbage is really screwing up prime time TV and I am not very happy about that. Every time I turn on the news all I hear is what seems to be a bad soap opera being played out on TV. How can we know whom to believe anymore? Obama or McCain, is that really all we have to chose from? Cough.... Personally I am not impressed by either person. This year I will probably be voting independent for Ron Paul. I keep seeing signs for him around our community so I am assuming that he is still in the running. I guess I have my head stuck in the sand with all of this and I know that is probably not good. I also know that Obama is very charismatic and he has a huge demographic following that is just enamored with his "It is time for change" rhetoric. What I believe is that IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE.The problem is that my idea of change in Washington is not what the politicians have in mind and I am sure Obama is in that boat.

I typically do not write about my political view points because most of the time it winds up getting me riled up. I am not sure that our founding fathers intended for things to turn out the way they have. Somewhere in the declaration of independence or whatever document it was I heard the words "For the people" uttered. As far as I can tell all I can see in the Washington DC political circles is "it is all about me" attitude. All I see is special interest groups who are lining the pockets of the people who are supposed to be serving their constituents and maninpulating them into writing or supporting laws that are tearing down the very fabric of our society.

In case you did not know this I am a very conservative right wing bible thumping fundamentalist that believes that marriage is between a man and a woman and not what the gay activists are trying to shove down our throats. No, I am not a homophobe. I have no problem with someone choosing to be gay. What you do in the privacy of your own home is none of my business. What I do have a problem with is people who are promoting the idea that homosexuality is normal and that we need to change all our laws to endorse it.

I told you that I can get riled up but be that as it may I said what I said, I believe what I said and if it offended some of you then I am sorry. I fully expect to get some hate mail because of what I said but that is the price you have to pay for being transparent with your thoughts. Amen?

James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
jcmoffitt@gmail.com