Starting Friday, Charles and I had a weekend recording session (Charles is my co-producer/co-musician on my up and coming album). We did practically nothing but record, stopping only to go to church on Sunday morning and have lunch at my parents after church. We also did stop for sleep a little bit now and then…

To summarize, I am exhausted!

Saturday, January 21st, I attended the funeral of Connie Mack Waller. Connie was Tommy Waller’s father who appeared in the film A Journey Home. Connie left his temporary dwelling place on January 16, 2006 to be with his Lord and Savior. Connie was loved by all who knew him. I have never, ever heard anyone say a bad word about Connie. All of us left behind him will miss him. But we know that he desired to go, especially in the last days as the cancer continued to claim him.

I realize many of my readers have no idea who Connie is, or if you do, you only know the name. But Connie affected the lives of those around him in a profound way. It was amazing to see at his funeral, so many people that he had touched in some way. Connie was one of those people that taught with his life. I have never seen him get angry for any reason. He never blamed God for his cancer, or for the fact that he would die relatively young. He never complained, he always said his life was in the hands of a sovereign God. His testimony was very, very powerful in life, and as much so in his death as during the funeral many people gave testimony to his incredible faith.

I believe it would be very hard for me to be faced with the same circumstances and not be bitter about them. I pray that as I grow, the Holy Spirit will make me more like Connie in that Connie was like our Lord.

Do you all think I am exaggerating about Connie’s life and testimony? That’s because you didn’t know him. No he wasn’t perfect, but you could clearly see Christ in him. And that’s what I want when people look at me. I want them to see Christ.

Hello to all those who read my blog. I know I haven’t posted much lately, but there is a good reason for it. Yes I’m going to pull out the normal bag of excuses such as, not enough time, too much going on, no internet at the house etc. etc.

But as to there not being enough time, I have been kept too busy to type up posts when I am at home for two very good reasons. First of all I have been working feverishly on the new album I’m producing! Secondly, I have had a lot more housework than normal when I get home from work. You see, my wife hasn’t felt much like doing the dishes or cleaning or any of that stuff lately so it sort of falls to me. But there is also a very good reason as to why she hasn’t felt like doing these things very much. Unfortunately her condition of late has been causing something called morning sickness.

So the announcement is that Rachel and I are expecting! As I said however, Rachel has been having a lot of morning sickness though. We are really hoping this will go down during the second trimester (next month).

We hope that this will be the first of many covenant children that God will grant us to raise. The ultimate goal of my life right now is to raise children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord for the furtherance of His kingdom. As I’m sure that any reader of this blog that has been reading for any length of time must know by now, we believe that children are a blessing from the Lord. And God has given me a vision (passed on to me by my parents and to Rachel by her parents) of not limiting the amount of blessing the Lord will bestow upon us. May the Lord grant me the wisdom to raise up children that will serve and honor Him! And may the Lord bless us with children according to his will and purpose.

Get ready everyone, I’m getting ready to produce an album. As yet, I don’t have a sure way to market it and get it out, but I have several ideas. My friend (also guitar teacher), is collaborating with me on this album. The album will contain 6 of his songs and 6 of mine. We are only in the very early stages of pre-production, but I am aiming to have it ready by at least the end of the summer.

When the album becomes available, all the songs on the music section of my site will no longer be available for download. I expect they will be replaced with previews. Stay tuned for more details.