Brian Howe

“Good Enough” 

I loathe this phrase…good enough??? By whose standards? This is a term I have been working hard to erase from my hard drive and from the vocabulary of those on our team. The term good enough is always thrown around when you get tired of working or creating. It’s thrown around as an excuse and it is an open admittance that the task or the project you are working on will not receive your BEST effort. 

I think the church world in general has often had the “good enough” approach and it’s time for that to end…Are you settling for good enough? 

Clifton Park is starting to be a legit place to get some great food…I am loving all of the new restaurants, cafe’s and stores that are popping up! Here are some of the new one’s I am excited about!

Shane’s Rib Shack - For us Northerners this is sweet because we don’t have anything that resembles anything close to good ol’ Souther BBQ.

Five Guys - Burgers and Fries at their finest…seriously, i went there with Buddy a couple of months ago in NJ and it is unreal. My prayers have been answered with this place however now I have to add an extra day or two a week to my gym schedule. Worth it.

Moe’s - Welcome to Moe’s…enough said.

However the best thing coming to Clifton Park is coming this weekend!! Northway Church - Malta is movin in with our peeps in CP…I can’t wait to be a part of this quasi-reunion!!

Today I had the privilege of hanging out with Marty Holman. This dude gets it! It’s so refreshing and exciting to get to hear what God is doing and shaping at Fellowship Church. I have known Marty for close to 10 years now and have watched him mostly from a far as he has progressed through his years of ministry. Marty has worn a bunch of different hats, from Worship Pastor to Exec. Pastor and now he has his shot at being the Lead Pastor of Fellowship Church in Holden Mass. He is leading a church that is thriving in New England. With so many other talented peeps forgoing the Northeast for other parts of the country I am glad guys like Marty have stuck it out up here and are getting it done! Stop by Marty’s blog and give him some love!

To be the best you have to understand what can keep you from being just that. The first thing that can keep you from all that God has for you a Sense of Entitlement. The next trap that will keep you from being the best is one I deal with a lot. What is it?   pr - I -de (pride)

Doing what I do, you work weekends. It’s in the contract so Friday’s are my day off and I have really been sticking to actually taking the day off…I usually sleep in until at least 8 and then I just take the day as it comes. I spend a lot of Friday’s alone because the rest of the world works on Friday’s. 

Througout the week I meet with a couple of different guys who I allow to speak into my life and I in turn speak into theirs. Meeting with those guys individually is great but a few weeks ago we decided to merge those meetings into a weekly breakfast where we can throw down some food, attempt at answering life’s questions, and just be straight real with each other. Sounds great right…however the best day and time for these guys is Friday’s at 6:45AM!!!

Today was our first day and I have to admit that when my alarm went off at 5:30 I hit the snooze several times and had some serious thoughts about not going. I’m glad I finally dragged my rear out of bed because I needed this today, it’s great to be a part of something where you don’t have to be the Pastor…you can just be a regular guy trying to figure out what it means to be a follower of Jesus, a better husband, better friend etc. It was definitely worth it and I am looking forward to next Friday.