In keeping with the recent trend of self-aggrandizing and drama filled personal news conferences to announce one’s career decisions, on August 1, 2010 at 7:00 pm CDT (8:00 is Roger’s bedtime) Roger Lipe will be announcing the decision Roger has reached regarding his mediocre and overexposed career in sport. Though unencumbered by championships, MVP awards or other achievements, Roger feels he deserves your undying loyalty, fawning respect and ridiculous financial remuneration.

Roger has been speaking of himself in third person all day and has contacted all the major media in order to give them a chance to cover this most important event (exclusively if the price is right): ESPN, CNN, the Carbondale Times and such are in the running.

This past Sunday, my pastor at my church spoke about spiritual faith. He read the passage out of Matthew 19 about the rich young ruler and then defined “spiritual mediocrity”. What is spiritual mediocrity? When he gave the definition, I could feel my heart beating up into my throat. It’s defined as: “seeking a life of ease, predictability and comfort.”