Uh, oh! He's gone into shut-down mode again...

Not so, my friend, not so! I did, however, realize last night that it had been a couple of weeks since i've logged anything here, and longer since I've gone into any great detail. So, since I have brief break in my work day, I thought I'd put a brief catch-up post together.

If you are near the Schenectady/Albany, NY area, and would like to hear yours truly in his first singing solo in roughly 17 years, please attend "Come Home For Christmas" this weekend. It is our church's annual Christmas production and it's pretty cool. It has a strong message of salvation, music, dancing, amazing pyrotechnics...ok, I made the last one up. But it's fantastic. Our worship leader, Delray, wrote the script (with some initial brainstorming from yours truly), most of the music, and directed! And it's coming together very nicely. Also, you'll see Carissa and Rachel, my two oldest, make their stage debuts as angels! You'll be blessed! Bring a friend. Hey, you even get a free Christmas cookie during the show! That's a bargain!

I've been continuing with my Berean studies through the book of Acts. Work has, thankfully, been very busy as well. So there has been precious little time to devote to extra things. As I mentioned in an earlier post, my book is basically shelved. I just can't seem to get the direction I need to make it what I feel it should be. I may still try the screenplay route at some point. But otherwise, "On the Fritz" is on the scrap heap.

But I have been putting a little more time into songwriting. When I get a free moment, I've been jotting down lyrics and little musical ideas. They've been coming out as country songs. Sorry to all of you who hate it. But I feel like my singing and musical voice comes out country. Now, I will not wear a cowboy hat or put a gun rack in the back of my Camry. I hate NASCAR! But the way the songs flow and my vocal range limitations, country songs are pretty easy for me. Mom will be proud.

I will try to blog about the play and how it goes. If you want some challenging reading in the meantime, please check out my friend Denes' blog site under the links to the right of the page (Under the Crimson Line). He's started a well-documented study of the Word-Faith (name it and claim it, prosperity doctrine) movement. Good stuff to focus our minds on sound doctrine, which is always important.

God bless for now...