24 | 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm

The following happens between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

…Mark and Mark and Marky Mark. What are the odds of Senior Pastor Mark Beeson, “Mr. First Impressions” Mark Waltz, my neighbor Mark Meyer and actor Mark Wahlberg, formerly of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, all standing in the Granger parking lot at the same time? Was it coincidence or purely remarkable?

The good news was there were several Marks that had not been taken hostage by the guy with the phony British accent. The bad news was that I was quickly running out of other Marks in my circle of acquaintances. Hmmm…who could it be? Who was the marked man?

This was a problem. I realized I’ve met a lot of Marks through the years. We need to keep in mind, though, if a man knows a hundred Marks, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the church parking lot and go to look for the one that wandered off? I decided to jump into action and save the one lost Mark. That meant I needed to have the elephant removed from the WiredChurches.com website to meet the demands of the phony British guy.

Before I could go, though, Mark Beeson spoke up, “Tony, I’d like to see you in my office. Stop by at 4:00 p.m. That will build anticipation on your blog for the next couple of days regarding what I might have to say to you.”

Little did I know what would be waiting for me when I got back to my office…