Getting Ready for the General Assembly

so much swirling within me
what to pack!
what to finish on the front end
the house!
It's a mess!
when to clean and do my chores and go to work?

I am Martha today
distracted by many things

Jesus says, "Focus on the one thing!"
So what is it?

"Let me love you," he whispers.
"Sink a little deeper into that.
Breathe.
Be filled.
Seek what is truly important
my very presence within you.
All is well and all will be well.
Hold onto that
one step at a time."

first news interview - Max

It was black and silver and heavier than I thought it would be. I could not remember ever holding a microphone in my hand. Now I had to shove it at just the right angle toward someone's face. I was both thrilled and terrified.

"Go interview Jim McConn," the assignment editor had told me. "Don't be shy!"

And so I went.

He was giving a speech at a luncheon in a downtown Houston hotel. I waited outside the room until I heard the applause, signifying the speech was over. My heart raced within me. I went to the door, poised for my question. He was wearing a grey business suit with a gaudy orange tie. His medium brown hair was heavily sprayed. I nervously held out the microphone.

"Mr. Pecan," I said, then realized it was a huge gaffe.

Jim McConn said to me, People will think I'm some kind of nut."

It was my first interview on my first day as a news reporter, and I called our future mayor a pecan.