Hobbies

I have never had a real hobby. Frankly, because I haven't had the time and couldn't afford them. I love music, that's all I think about. I even lay in bed at night unable to sleep because I'm usually thinking about the project I'm currently working on. But when I'm doing some type of music every waking minute of the day I would like to have something different to do on occasion.

If you know me at all then you know I don't like sports. And when I say I don't like sports I mean I would rather watch mold grow than watch any kind of sports on TV. Yes, I realize that I live in a huge baseball town with one of the best baseball teams in the country, but I could care less about the Cardinals, Rams, Blues, or anyone else.

Now, however, I have two things that I have just fallen in love with. I look forward to do these things every chance I get. Again, if you know me at all, then you know these two things are completely out of my character.

The first thing I love doing is lifting weights at the gym. I LOVE going to the gym. And I don't just play around on the machines. I like playing with the big boys. I've almost become addicted to the bench press. The most fun thing about working out for me is the challenge. I'm constantly challenging myself to see if I can do better than I did last time. If you read my last post about having confidence, this is something that I have found that is giving me confidence in myself. The gym has provided me with something to say "Look where I was a year ago, and look where I am now." I truly love it.

My other new love is shooting hand guns. Again, if you know me, this is completely out of my character. As a kid I hated hunting. I didn't even like playing with my dad's shot guns. They were just too frightening for me. So you might be wondering how I got into this hobby.

Well, we live in an area of St. Louis that is going downhill and fast. Our community is on the news quite often about a shooting, or carjacking, or some sort of crime. That coupled with a couple of other issues, my wife an I decided to purchase a couple of hand guns. Now, we can't wait to get out to the shooting range and blow off some steam. I have found that it is a huge stress reliever for me, and I love the challenge of the target practice.

I don't have much of a collection at the moment. I have a 9mm and my wife has a 38 special. My wife, being all girl, had to get pink grips for hers. We get some funny stares from the men when they see her gun, but her answer is always the same, "It may be pink, but it still shoots the same."

I had to laugh. We were at the range the other day and we were shooting at one end. Deanna noticed a couple of ladies clear on the other side of the lane, and it appeared they were beginners at shooting, so during a cease fire she decided to go and talk with them. One of the ladies said, "Are you the one down there with the pink gun?" I thought it was funny that word had traveled all the way down the line about the pink gun.

So the bottom line is, don't mess with me. Just kidding.

So now you know a little bit about how a worship pastor blows off steam. Yes, I love my music but now I'm a body building, gun shooting, piano playing fool.