pro athletes, jonas brothers, & TONY CAMPOLO

last friday one of our younger church guys was telling us how he saw a few professional athletes (yankees & jets) at his health club in edgewater. i did not recognize any of their names. i felt so out of it & "culturally irrelevant". then on saturday, suhee & i went to paramus park mall. at the main entrance was all this security (black cadillac escalades), a camera crew, & many screaming little girls. we found out that a pop group called jonas brothers was making an appearance. we got to see the three brothers (kind of a like a newer version of hanson), but we had no idea who they were. later when i asked around, i learned that they are a pretty big deal. & they grew up in new jersey. actually they are so young; they are still growing up.

last night tony campolo gave a sermon for a special service at our church. i've been listening to him ever since i was a high school student in the 1980s. i think he's one of the best & most powerful christian communicators. as we made announcements for the event, i realized that none of our young people (under 30) knew who he was. generation gap.

he gave a great message. main point being that we christians are sent out to do even greater works than Christ. greater works of spreading his love & bringing his life to the world. i had to sit on the stage, because i led the "peace" as part of the service. part of the "passing of the peace" is to greet the people around you. i'm not that familiar w/traditional worship services & the passing of the peace. so i turned to tony campolo to shake his hand & maybe hug him. then he kissed both sides of my cheek. that was his way of "passing the peace" as he greeted everyone around him. it caught me off guard, but that was pretty cool. later when he met my family he said, "wow, is that your son. take good care of him." then when he met suhee he said, "is that your wife, you married up".