Friday presents an opportunity.

So again, just a quick update from my side of the world at Coolidge. I couldn't go to the leadership meeting because our Parent-Teacher conferences didn't end until 7:00pm. But, that day provided a wonderful opportunity for the gospel. Sometimes I forget about my co-workers and how much they need Jesus. Friday, a co-worker of mine who I worked with last year, came up to me and quite blankly said "I need help." Now it is important to understand this man is not a person I was close to last year. In fact, we did not get along for a variety of reasons. Not just personality differences, but my opinion of him because of the way he treated women, children, authority and his job in general has been very low.
This year, he works across the hall from me. And while I was fine with it, I never thought anything about it one way or another.
So you can imagine my surprise when he asks me to preach to him. He considers himself a Christian, which is one of the reasons I can't say I have a lot of respect for him, honestly. So I told him, "You are not going to like what I have to say to you. You should ask someone else." But he persisted. So, I told him the honest hard truth about Jesus and what it actually means to be a Christian and persist in living a life of truth. He listened! He actually sat there considering what I said. Unfortunately, before he could give me more comments, we were interrupted by a very angry father who told us all were all &%$*%$'s (if you get my meaning). He was escorted out eventually.
So, just to let you know, in my world, I have realized my ministry is more than my kids. And we'll see where that conversation takes us.