COORS

Joelene and I had the opportunity to attend the STORY conference in Chicago today (www.storychicago.com) put together by Ben Arment. There is a link to his blog in my BlogMania section here (www.benarment.com). Check him out.

It was a day of listening to some creative believers tell their personal stories of what Christ has done in their lives. We were blessed to hook up with our middle daughter and son-in-law, Allison & Darren, who had come from Minneapolis to take in the conference.

Afterwards, we headed to Gino's Pizza in downtown Chicago. Some waitresses came around to the booths encouraging customers to enter a free raffle (emphasis: FREE) to win an NFL football. All four of us filled out a slip. It was FREE.

A few minutes later they came back yelling my name. Evidently I had won, which is just strange, because quite honestly, I've never won anything in my life. So - as you can see from the picture - I am the proud owner of a new NFL football. The raffle was FREE.

Unfortunately, two minutes later - after dropping off the football in my arms - they came back with a pitcher of Coors Light Beer and placed it on our table. Apparently the raffle was sponsored by Coors Light. After a good laugh, we let them take the pitcher back where it came from - but I kept the football.

And be blessed.