Just waking up in the mornig gotta Thank God, I dont know but the days seems kinda odd????

What in the world am I talking about with this crazy title. Well everyday I wake at 5 A.M., and go to the Gym to work out. I usually work out for around two hours before I shower up and go to work. I always pack the car the night before. During this time of the year at 5 A.M. It's still pretty dark. Anyways the other day I woke up. I felt pretty tired, but I really haven't been able to sleep well since I've been here...so I didn't think much of it. I usually trun the radio on low, for background noise, as I get dressed. I truned out the radio, but the music that ws playing was bad, and it was not the same radio personality that it usually is. Oh well, so I got dressed, went out to my car and let it warm up for about 5 min. As I was waiting I thought to my self, "man I am dog tired." After the car warmed up, I backed up and started to drive. I was stopped at the same stop light that I get stopped at daily. Once again I noticed that I was tired. But what was even more odd (hence the title of this post) was the fact that I did not see not one car, I usually see a few. About two blocks away from my house I was wondering why the radio station was at 1:25... "What the deuce?" I thought. I then looked at my watch and realized that was not the radio station, but the time. I had woken up, got dressed, started my cold car, let it warm up, stopped at a traffic light, and then realized that the alarm clock never went off. I couldn't do anything but laugh. I drove back home, and luckily was able to simply just fall back asleep. That happened to my once at the sem, I woke up to answer the door, and no one was there...as I said things like that are kinda odd. In the words of Ice Cube..."I gotta say today was a good day." My shout out for this post is a pre shout out. It goes out to my step mom Deloris who makes the best Thanksgiving meal, that one could imagine... I've been waitning for this day for a while now. I'm pumped. HOW 'BOUT DEM COWBOYS?!?!?! 6-4 In Him Keffie Deen II

This makes the three (long) years of Seminary all worth it!!!

I dont think it's a secret that I am not the biggest fan of the seminary. While I have made many friends at the place, and learned a lot, for me it has not rarely been an enjoyable experience. To discuss all of the reasons is another post, for another day. While at the seminary, oftentimes I would ask myself "what is point of all this crap that I am going through?" This past Sunday I got the answer. I had the oppurtunity to preach this past Sunday. I really enjoy preaching, and this Sunday I was really happy with the way in which the sermon was recieved. I thank God that it was able to touch people the way it did. When I delivered it both times, I saw people crying, I saw a mother and daughter move closer and hug each other, and I got quite a few complments on it. Steve Harris, a elder at my Church (who is probally in his sixties) told me it was one the best sermons he has ever heard. Having things like that happen is better than any "A" that any professors at the sem could ever give me. So for anybody reading this that is struggling with the sem and all the unpleasantness that goes with, I tell you like Pastor (Pastor Brad Hubbard) once told me....KEEP AT IT. KEEP AT IT, BECAUSE IT IS SO SO WORTH IT! That is probally the best suggestion I have. My second suggestion would be to get involved in something that distracts from the dregs of the seminary. My shoutout for this post with out a doubt goes out Meaty Peaty and Hannah Gurnett. I had not seen them in a while, and they came to hear me preach...thanx a million. Hannah I still laugh about that comment of me running from being a Pastor. Ahh great times. In His Name Keffie Deen II GO COWBOYS!!!

From Chain Gang to Big Pimpin all in a matter of a day!!!

This weekend was quite interesting for me. I got to experience a wide variety of experiences. I’ll start with Saturday morning as I attended a pee-wee football game with an elder of mine (Montel Jones). To see football at this level was interesting to say the least. However, it’s sad to see that the same “prima Donna, diva, I am God’s gift to this game attitude” that runs rampant and threatens to ruin the game that I love soooo much on a pro level has in fact has seeped down to the pee-wee level. Many of the kids simply imitate what they see on T.V., and never really realize how stupid they look, and what they are doing to the game. During half time one of the refs asked me to run chain gang for him. He gave me no instructions, and did not give any orders as to what to do and what not to do. So as the game went on it got pretty tense towards the end and the refs botched a call which cost the kids the game. When it was all said and done, he used me for a scape goat, and claimed that it was my fault. Now I have had 2 coaching jobs, played football for 4 years, and watched it sense fifth grade and I know for a fact that it is the refs responsibility to direct the chain gang. Alas, in the end the kids lost, and the refs blamed it on me. Saturday night I could not sleep. I woke up a little before 2 A.M. after falling asleep around 11:30 and could not fall back asleep. Maybe it was simply because I was finally going to be going to my first NFL game I had ever been to. I received theses Bears tickets at a silent auction held at Salem for $45 a piece. At that time I did not know that these were skybox tickets. So on Sunday after Church, I experienced my first NFL game from the Big Pimpin sky boxes of Solider Field. It’s ugly outside…yet so beautiful inside (pictures should be coming soon). The skybox (located on the 50) was full of ice cold soda, beer, and water. Also available was a mini desert tray, brats, hot dogs, sausages, with all the condiments, Nachos and any other of game food you could imagine suitable for a sporting event. I ate my fill and didn’t spend a red cent. I love vicarage. The Bears stomped the 49ers 41-10. Big Pimpin was Vicar Deen. Finally the shout out for this entry goes out to Ben Dolby. Dolby, I miss talking football with you. Good game Sunday night. The score was not a true representation. Take care y’all Go Cowboys!!! Keffie Deen II