coffee slingers…

I’m sitting at Coffee Slingers, a new coffee shop just north of Downtown OKC… it is right next door to Bicycle Alley, so with one stop I can knock out both of my vices: spandex and latte’s.

In other news:

Life is busy and I am finding it harder and harder to sit and write. It is like stealing away is getting to be impossible, because when I finally get away, I just want to vege out and relax. But that is not what I want. So hopefully this trip to Indo will clear my head and give me some downtime to think and reflect over the past 9 months. OKC is great and I am becoming more comfortable calling it home, though it is really hard to say that with confidence. If work continues to go well (and I foresee it to do just that) than I will be here indefinitely and hopefully in our growth be able to bring on some more employees. I have a secret short list of who I would want to hire [I couldn't tell you... because then it would not be a secret short list], and just thinking about this possibility makes me excited to be apart of this company. The project I most want to be working on right now is a “book” form of our workbook. Complete with cover art, funny anecdotes, and a completed Intentional Leadership process, that requires little or no personal touches. It is a big challenge, and is making us all think outside our normal parameters to come up with ideas on how to write a book that is about relationships without actually having a relationship with those who read it. A connundrum.

Here are the books I am taking down to Indonesia with me, along with a journal, a waterproof camera, a pair of manpri’s, a pair of shorts, a couple t’s, a pair of lightweight pants and some grundy undies… cool.

The Writing on The Wall by Will Hutton - read half of this in Tobago and just got it off of half.com to finish

A Community Called Atonement by Scot McKnight - halfway finished, may finish before I leave

The Mind Changers by Em Griffin [out of print] - this would be my second reading

Jesus For President by Shane Claiborne - can’t wait to delve into this one

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - supposed to be hilarious