On Thursday a missionary from TEAM spoke at Tyndale. Soon he and his family will be moving to begin assisting a church planting ministry in northern Italy. He described Italian culture, joked about some of the quirks of the people, and gave us a general sense of what he and his family were going to be doing. When he was wrapping up his speaking time he quoted a verse from Romans. I can't recall what the verse was, but something interesting struck me - Paul wrote Romans for the Romans living in Rome, which is in Italy, which is where this guy and his family are going. I'm pretty sure that was part of the reason he chose a verse from Romans, but still an interesting thought.
Today when I was at a lonely park in Naperville shooting hoops, trying to reenact Lebron's amazing buzzer beater from game two of the Eastern Conference Finals, I was thinking about what Paul's letter to Naperville would be like. Then I was thinking about how he would send it - email, Facebook wall post? Then I was thinking about what Paul's Facebook page would look like. Then I was thinking about which of those funny quizzes he would take, or what five things he would choose as closest to him, or who are the 5 people he'd most like to punch in the face. Then I was thinking about whether or not he would Tweet from his iPhone while in prison, or maybe he would text advice to Timothy on the road.
Then I wondered if Paul were there right then if I could beat him in a game of one on one. I haven't been to basketball camp since 6th grade, but yes, yes I think I could beat him.
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