Status Report

My new book, Little Crucifixions, is finished. It is actually published, though it will still take a couple of months for it to go through all the necessary processes that are required for widespread availability in "a bookstore near you."

In the middle of another class - toward my Education masters. That is the biggest reason these blogs don't get updated as often as I'd like.

Already working on the next book. Also, Words and Music has taken steps to produce another music CD before the end of the year - by a very gifted, new female artist. Stay tuned!

Do you have a book manuscript or the makings of one? Tell me about it. Let's see if a publishing partnership might be worth considering.

I've been working out regularly for quite a while now - cardio machine and weights. It sure would be good to continue with the same regularity - till I die!

Very excited to re-visit one of my favorite churches ever - Tenino Pres. Going in May to preach. Am going to go sooner - just to visit. Ahhh! The best thing on earth is the Christian church when it is working!

Which reminds me - I've been doing some teaching at Tacoma Baptist Schools. They are definitley doing several things right! And I'm sure they have some good prayer warriors. I have never been in a school whose students seemed so empowered in all the best possible ways.

Current favorite television obsession: "The Family Guy"

Current *great* book: Connecting, by Larry Crabb - Come to think of it, it's about what the church is doing when it's working.

Stay in touch! Buy a CD if you haven't yet! Write a review if you have!

Generic HahYuhDooin - March 1. 2005

Precious Wife - excited about summer coming, excited about impending wedding of oldest son (see below), working a lot of hours currently in order to pay for upcoming special things like vacations, weddings, etc. Really loves and appreciates the friends (campers, staffers, parents) that we made back in camp days whose friendship is still warm and wonderful. A direct quote, "Why? Who asks about *me*?"

Oldest son - getting married in the early fall, moved back home to save up for keeping his princess of a wife happy (house, crown, her own army, etc.), still making a splash in the business world - so much so that there are several people who think they know what "business" he should "go into." But so far, he's just fine with the retail and management world.

Youngest son - so close to graduating from high school and being out from under the supposed parental thumb that he can feel, smell, taste and touch it. Still very lovingly attached to his sweetheart. These days, the jeep gets more reconstructive surgery than a 90 year old man training for the Olympics. Future possibilities: college, moving out, playing drums with a band, moving out, working, moving out.

Yours Truly - How old are you before you just give up on being your right weight and your wife stops thinking about how handsome you were on your wedding day? New CD - Love Goes On - has been released and will be available at CDBaby, Tower Records and most on-line outlets in a matter of days. It's available right now at www.wordsnmusic.com, but you probably already know that. Hopefully the book - Little Crucifixions - will be available . . . yesterday. (Please, stay interested!) Would love to teach, preach and/or perform more than I currently am, but school keeps me pretty busy, so maybe it's a blessing. Know a church, school, chapel, or other venue that might be interested? How about a "one night only" in your living room? Looking forward to next football season, which begins right around the time of the wedding. How am I ever going to do it all?!?! *Very* grateful for the notes, letters, e-mails (and CD orders) that I get to partially answer with this particular post. Love -