I was on my way home from the rehearsal dinner (Nov. 21st) the evening before my wedding when something terrible happened.

I think that it's essential to our faith that we are real with one another and real before God.  I think there are 3 levels of being real.  The first is level involves masks.  It's about pretending to be something we're not.  It's about image and self-esteem.

All the stress from the economy seems to be making a lot of people fearful.  I don't believe that we have anything to fear.

Excitement is in the air.  Tonight I put a few finishing touches on our fall mailer invitations.  Our mailers will be going out early next week!  Below is a shot of my workspace this evening:

Today was a different kind of day.  I sang & played a song at a funeral service--"This Road" by Jars of Clay.  It was for Barb C's mother.  It's the same song I played in the same chapel 2 years ago at my great uncle's funeral.

Today wasn't perfect, but it was great. We started the morning off with a very frustrating issue. Our monitor amp got switched to mono! I know for you non-musicians, this may not sound like a big deal. It wouldn't have been a big deal if we knew that was the problem.

Yesterday we had a great time at Kingdom Bound.  Got a chance to see Third Day and Leeland.  Actually we saw Leeland 3 times--once on stage--once on the Viper and once just walking through the park.

When you're in school, you know exactly when to expect your finals.  You might even know from the first day of class exactly when you'll be taking that final.  Even though I'm not in school any more, I still have moments that feel like finals.

This is the first time I've had a day off in a LONG time.  This week has been pretty quiet for business so there's no better opportunity to take some time off.  My family (Dad's side) just got into town and Jen is going to meet them for the first time.