Sorry to be tardy this morning on posting. I just got back into my office following a wonderful breakfast at the Horsehoe Bay Marriot with Terry Johnson, Jim Dobbs and Mladen Jovanovic. Mladen was with us last night, sharing about the work of God among His people in Zagreb, Croatia.

It was highly enlightening this morning listening to Mladen share about evangelism among the Croatians. He told us how the majority of new converts in Croatia were students recently graduated from college. One of the central elements of the Postmodern trend is the interest among younger generations toward spirituality. That trend is true throughout Eastern Europe. Mladen told us how recent university graduates were rejecting old arguments in their quest for solid truth on which to base their spiritual lives.

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Yesterday was a wonderful day at the Marble Falls church. In addition to the blessing of Mladen's presentation last evening, the elders and I presented to the church a 5-year growth strategy for the congregation. The vision, both evangelistic and financial, was enthusiastically received by the congregation. It is exciting to be perched on the threshold of dynamic growth!

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I am looking forward to this evening's basketball game between Texas and Oklahoma State. The Cowboys come to Austin to play the Longhorns led by their famed coach, Eddie Sutton.

Eddie Sutton was the coach at Arkansas throughout my childhood years. Some of my greatest basketball memories as a kid involve Sutton's Arkansas teams (especially that Sunday afternoon victory by the Hogs over then #1 ranked North Carolina in a nationally televised game played at the Pine Bluff Convention Center).

Watching Sutton last week in a game against Texas A&M was a true delight. But where did that incessant frown he wears come from? I don't remember him frowning so vehemently when he coached the Hogs. Funny how a frown can become a trademark, but he wears it well.