tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:49:03 +0000my thoughts about God, family, church and lifehttp://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/mike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)Blogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-3467846862440032942Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:06:00 +00002009-01-20T12:13:30.093-08:00There seems to be a lot of moving going on today. There are some new residents at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and I'm moving my blog site to WordPress. Heidi Cassadas recommends it and I kind of like the tools, so I've decided to make the big jump.You can find my new blog here.http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2009/01/moving-day.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-5632477092654921373Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:56:00 +00002009-01-13T09:14:54.560-08:00I read an interview on Tony Morgan's blog and I thought I'd share it. Tony interviews Anne Jackson and in the last paragraph of the blog entry, Anne says something that really stands out to me when she's talking about her relationship with God, and says ...Ministry can ONLY be an overflow of that relationship. John 15:5 says apart from Christ we can do NOTHING. Sure “we” can “do” things…but it http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-it-overflow-or-is-it-all-you.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-1423281659071721133Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:02:00 +00002009-01-12T16:13:55.201-08:00We had an awesome Volunteer Celebration service at NLC last night. Worship was fantastic and God reminded me of something that He spoke to me 10 years ago as I stood in the same spot (I was visiting the church during a revival meeting back then).Pastor Dan talked about where we've been and where we're going as he cast vision for 2009. During the service, he let a big secret out of the bag to the http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2009/01/can-i-talk-about-it-yet.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-9150667349472970684Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:55:00 +00002009-01-09T15:12:46.756-08:00Have you ever fallen down? I've not actually done a study on it, but I'm guessing that you have, on at least one occasion in your life, taken a spill and were a little embarrassed. I would also guess that you didn't lay on the ground in total despair, never to walk again. Congratulations!“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” - Abraham http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2009/01/getting-back-up.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-145116591413265824Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:10:00 +00002009-01-05T14:31:18.669-08:00This Sunday night I'll be joining all of the volunteer staff at NLC for a night of celebration. We'll be having a great time of worship and fellowship as well as some vision casting from Pastor Dan. I'm really looking forward to it, even though I don't think we'll have any fireworks.We have a ton of great people that give of themselves to help reach the people of East County for Jesus and I love http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2009/01/celebrate-good-times-come-on.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-7583280683056627360Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:35:00 +00002008-12-27T14:49:38.503-08:00I'm privileged to be preaching this week and I'm looking forward to it. I've been thinking a lot lately about worship. A good friend and mentor of mine, Loyd Naten, wrote an article a month or two ago about worship and I've been thinking about it ever since.It's funny how "worship" has been redefined over the years. Some people think that worship always involves music and singing. We even call http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/12/worship-more-than-actions.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-8262500140394062368Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:18:00 +00002008-12-21T16:29:28.227-08:00On Saturday night and Sunday morning, we held 3 Christmas service at New Life Church in El Cajon. We had over 350 in combined attendance at the 3 services and it was by far the best Christmas service I've ever seen or been a part of.Several people raised their hand for salvation and the kids' performances were outstanding. My buddy, Isaac had his first speaking part in a service and he was great!http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-services.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-3962129330208585732Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:18:00 +00002008-12-15T11:50:38.616-08:00Ok, a lot has happened since my last entry. I've been lazy with my blogging. So here's a quick update. My son DJ turned 18 last week. It is unbelievable how fast time has flown. I was looking at some pictures of him in Jr. High this last weekend and the changes in him just over the last 4 or 5 years is amazing. He's a fine young man with a heart for God and I'm very proud of him. Here are a few http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/12/quick-update.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-2576256567450813057Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:50:00 +00002008-12-01T16:09:33.703-08:00 Wow, after 4 days of eating and cooking (yes, I cooked not 1, but 2 turkeys this year) I only gained 4 pounds. I know that's a lot for 4 days, but you should have seen the amount of food I was putting away. It was unbelievable. On top of that, even though I had planned to run while I was out of town, I didn't run at all after last Tuesday.It got so bad that as my family and I went to Knott's http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/12/only-4-pounds.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-880385675504469043Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:52:00 +00002008-11-14T16:03:51.550-08:00Well, it's been a while since I posted about running (or anything for that matter). I hurt my knee while running the marathon back in June and it took me about 3 months before I could run again. Well, in that 3 months I gained about 10 pounds and lost most of my endurance. I tried to jump back in and run like 5 miles, but that wasn't happening. I had to start a little slower, but I'm working my http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/11/double-digit-run-tomorrow.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-6508750012695273827Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:37:00 +00002008-11-05T14:40:10.991-08:00"Duty is ours, results are Gods'." - John Quincy Adamshttp://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/11/wisdom.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-4948533618059580589Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:02:00 +00002008-11-05T11:10:46.712-08:00I met my buddy Garth this morning at 5AM for a run of the hills near his house. We went 6.8 miles this morning in preparation for our upcoming marathon in January (maybe a half marathon, we're still discussing it). Anyway, a strange thing happened throughout the run. We started out in the dark, but it kept getting lighter and lighter. By the end of the run, the sun had risen just like it did http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/11/sunrise.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-6074361745701320982Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:09:00 +00002008-10-29T13:38:45.495-07:00Lately, I've really been feeling the need to pray for our country and our leaders. In case you haven't heard, we have an election coming up next week. I like to think that I keep on top of things politically and I certainly have an opinion on who we should elect. Last week I read a book about one of the candidates and I found myself getting angrier and angrier that this individual is even runninghttp://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/10/prayer.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-7477038751713196595Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:30:00 +00002008-10-14T09:58:29.066-07:00Any of you preachers out there know what it's like to preach a message and then, it seems like immediately, you're tested on whether or not you're going to "practice what you just preached"? I'm going to pick my topics a little more carefully in the future. I think I'll try some reverse psychology on God. You know, I'll preach something like, "Don't Get Your Hopes Up" or "Pain Isn't All Bad" and http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/10/test.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-2008707805612087971Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:22:00 +00002008-10-08T21:34:48.963-07:00My brother (my Pastor) has given me the opportunity to speak at church this weekend. It's funny, before I came to New Life I was preaching two messages on Sunday, teaching Sunday School and leading the Wednesday Night Bible study. Now, I get so busy doing all of the other "assistant pastor" stuff that I forget it's been a while since I've preached. Besides, Dan does an awesome job bringing the http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/10/preaching-this-week.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-4564825482988996624Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:50:00 +00002008-09-26T14:59:53.767-07:00Yesterday, my beloved Dodgers clinched the NL West title. I'm happy for Joe Torre, who is a class act. They haven't won a World Series title in 20 years. As a matter of fact, they haven't won a playoff series in 20 years. Here's hoping for a better showing this year. It would be so cool to have a Freeway Series for the bragging righs to Southern California. Maybe next year the Dodgers will changehttp://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/09/playoffs.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-7055464804656161086Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:59:00 +00002008-09-24T16:36:38.256-07:00My mom came down this week for a visit and she brought some Bibles that were my Grandpa's for me to see. One of them was given to my Grandpa by the person that led him to the Lord when he first got saved. It's in remarkably good shape considering that it's held together by black duct tape.My Grandpa marked up his Bible real good. There are tons of passages underlined and notes written in the http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/09/legacy.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-6620790902018207314Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:18:00 +00002008-09-23T09:33:26.695-07:00OK, I know it's 4 1/2 months away, but we are so excited that I have to share. The last Coaching Network session for me is going to be in person at The Journey church in NY the first week of February. So, since I HAVE to go, I figured I might as well make the most of it. Sharon's going with me and we're going to leave on Thursday and come back on Monday. Besides that, I got 2 tickets (Front http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/09/upcoming-ny-trip.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-7156632299770726161Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:02:00 +00002008-09-18T14:11:28.338-07:00After a brutally long day-game today, the Dodgers pulled out a 4-3 win against the mighty Pirates. They now have 9 games to play, 6 of them at home and the Diamondbacks have 11 games to play (including tonight) with 7 on the road in Colorado and St. Louis. My boss is glad the game finally ended at about 1:30 today. It started at 9:30AM and I wasn't getting much work done. I think I was disturbinghttp://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/09/magic-number-is-7.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-2215077019904604519Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:48:00 +00002008-09-12T16:10:48.370-07:00I am really into the election coverage and watching how different media outlets portray the different candidates. I admit, I have a bias against a certain worldview (liberalism). But I have to tell you, the way that ABC has mistated things that Sarah Palin has said and the way they placate to the "left" ticks me off. Here are a few examples (here and here) of how ABC seems to be attempting to gethttp://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/09/politics.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-2482559123599160950Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:41:00 +00002008-09-08T22:45:26.123-07:00Every year the Raiders get killed in the first game of the season, ending all hope of a decent record. Not fun. If they fire Lane Kiffin (which I believe Al Davis will do by the end of game 4), I will seriously consider turning in my Raider fan card and finding a new team. Maybe I'll just swear off pro football altogether. I feel sorry for the young players on the team. They are stuck in a black http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/09/football-season-is-always-so-short.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-6474346436901192038Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:46:00 +00002008-09-09T13:09:32.364-07:00This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. Terry Skiles had this on his blog and I actually think he wrote the song. He just won't admit to it.http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/09/glory-to-god_07.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-7307476637673725562Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:48:00 +00002008-09-04T10:53:09.465-07:00 I know what they're trying to do. They're just playing well enough to stay close to 1st place and get me to watch them again. As soon as I do, WHAM! Right back in the tank. I can't help myself though. I'm going to the game in LA Friday night. They're playing the D-Backs and they're only 1 1/2 games out. It should be a good game. Two good pitchers, plus we get to see Manny be Manny.http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/09/theyre-just-suckering-me-in.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-4059465177790645656Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:27:00 +00002008-08-29T10:35:40.829-07:00 I saw on my buddy Terry's blog that he's posted 100 times since he started his blog. I had no idea how many times I had blogged, so I checked and found out that this is my 102nd post. For some reason, 102 just doesn't roll off the tongue like 100 does. Plus, there are no pictures with "102" to be found anywhere. I'm sure Terry will pass me up very soon. I agree with him, it's hard to blog all http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/08/100-posts.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913976839363980313.post-4481729121462098937Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:11:00 +00002008-08-18T22:22:28.779-07:00I kicked off my training today for the next marathon. I'm planning on running the PF Chang Rock-n-Roll Marathon in Phoenix on January 18th. The Carlsbad Marathon is Jan. 25th, but Sharon's birthday is the 26th and I don't want to take up her weekend with my marathon.Anyway, I ran 3 miles today and the knee is a little sore. I didn't run at all last week on my vacation. Hopefully it just a little http://mikeslagle.blogspot.com/2008/08/first-day-of-training.htmlmike@newlifesd.com (Mike Slagle)4