Going home…

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We’re heading out today, and I am excited to be going home. Not because we haven’t had a great week in the Orlando area. The weather has been perfect, the house we rented is flippin‘ sweet. We’ve eaten well and had lots of fun. By all accounts this has been a “dream vacation”!

Some reasons I am excited to be going home:

  1. My two favorite “girls” in the word are going with me…how sweet is that.

  2. I love the people of York county, PA. Nascar stickers, loud Harleys, hot rods, beautiful lawns…everything except the lawns part…you are my “people”.

  3. I am excited to be a little part of actionchurch! God’s “kingdom” is even more exciting than the Magic Kingdom.

  4. I miss my bed…

Cue Daughtry…cause I’m goin‘ home.

Edit: We made it back home seven-ish (Saturday) tonight. Thanks for prayers for a safe trip! I notice as I came down Rt. 30 that the street rods nationals are in town…sweet. Tomorrow afternoon I’ll have to take a cruize around. It’s good to be home.

MGM thoughts…

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We spent the day yesterday at Disney MGM. We ended up seeing several shows: Beauty and the beast and Playhouse Disney. Every venue was large and packed. The sound was amazing! It was loud…and clear. Even in the daytime, tons of lighting and projectors were used-effectively. (Matt and Steve check out that truss system…how much???) Michele wanted to “steal” the Playhouse Disney set for our “actionkids” area. It was excellent in every way…and you know what? We expected it to be!

Here’s what I didn’t experience- People looking for “smaller shows” because they couldn’t “get to know everyone” in such a large venue. People complaining that Disney spent “too much money” just to tell old fairy tales. For that matter, people wondering how much of their ticket price Disney spent on equipment…because “this stuff looks expensive”. People saying Disney should have stayed at the “plywood, paint, and glitter” production level their original “It’s a small world” ride…because that’s the “right” way to do fun. My daughter, Reagan, wished they had “gone deeper” into the story on Beauty and the Beast. Other than that…It was nothing like church.

Final Questions: Why do we expect a place like Disney to be technically excellent in telling their “stories”, and yet complain about churches who attempt to tell the Greatest Story with the same attention to detail???