As a bivocational pastor, I split my time between my secular job and my pastorate. I wish I could spend all week at camp with my kids, but it’s just not possible. I’m very thankful for the church members who all help out. I usually stay the night in the cabin, get everyone up, showered, and headed to breakfast. Then I attend the sponsors’ meeting to get any special instructions for the day, then return to the cabin to make sure the kids do their morning quiet times. When they head for morning worship, I head back to the house to do the day’s work (and maybe get a nap if I am lucky). After supper and whatever else I need to do, I head back to camp and get there right about bed time.

When I arrived back at camp tonight, I was met with fantastic news. All the unsaved boys we brought came to Christ today. Several girls made decisions, too, and others are asking questions. This is why we do camp, and I am thrilled to death. We don’t usually have this many kids at camp, but a couple weeks ago I challenged the church to bring every kid they could. They were listening and took it seriously! So praise God for His continued work here at Green Country Camp. And any of you wealthy benefactors, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better investment of the money God has entrusted to you. We need to make some improvements to the camp property, and we’d love to have your help (even if you’re not loaded).

In other news, we have exciting news from the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Louisville. The Great Commission Resurgance motion passed overwhelmingly today. That’s not to say that some weird motions weren’t also made. We have a segment of the convention that always wants us to make a point by banning something, boycotting some company, or condeming some leader–and it’s usually over non-essentials. They make us look foolish, and the convention rightly refuses to accede to their whims. And while we’re on the topic, I’ll say it this way: Goofy as some motions are, I am 100% in favor fo the way we do business. Everyone should be heard and they are. Thank God the vast majority of Southern Baptists have the good sense to choose rightly with their votes. The overall result of today’s group decision is that we Baptists are committed to being defined by our cooperation in spreading the Gospel, not dividing over trifles. Count me in.