One of the speakers last night was A.R. Bernard, and I always love to hear him speak. I’ve heard him speak several times. A.R. Bernard is the pastor of (Christian Cultural Center) in Brooklyn, NY. One point he made that I thought was very good was that as a church we need to be insulated not isolated. We need to make sure we keep our churches grounded in the truth, while we are being salt of the earth. When we are isolated we tend to think we are insulated. So we just need to make sure that we are serving God’s purpose for us on earth.

One of my favorite things about the CCDA is how multicultural it is. I really love the way that it is so diverse, and I think that is the way it should be. Our work place is often diverse, but then we go to church on Sunday and it is not so diverse. I think diversity is something we need to work on. I often hear pastors say I want my church to be more diverse; however, they have no diversity in their leadership. Duh. It’s like practicing basketball and wondering why I’m not getting better at baseball.

Hey on another note, earlier this week the Memphis Grizzlies basketball team was staying at the hotel we are staying in. I’m at the front desk and I turn around a see a guy who is like 7 feet tall. I was like wow, that dude is tall. Then I see a bus and everyone getting off the bus is tall. So I’m going up to my room and I get in the elevator with Marc Gasal, Antoine Walker and 3 other guys I don’t know who they are. Hey it’s the Memphis Grizzlies; you have to be a sports super freak to know two players. So I’m on the elevator with 5 professional basketball players and I look at Antoine Walker and said “5″ 9′ has never felt so small”. He smiled and shook his head. I bet he never heard that before.