How Beautiful…

You might have noticed that i stopped updating here. I’ve been like Dostoevsky’s Underground  Man, writing and writing.

this is what I looked like the other day:

And this is me now, with debbie watching me write:

So, yeah. ha. ha.

Sometimes I’d write in the kitchen, sometimes the rehearsal room. Sometimes i’d drive in the van. The band I are tweaking things now. Recording demos. Eric  had to go back to Seattle, he had a very dear and close friend of his family die. Jon  was in Texas working out some issues with his insurance and car tags etc.

Meanwhile, my sister, Serena gave birth to a daughter…’Amelia Faye’…what a cool name! I’m so proud of her. Mother and child are doing well. My friends Nic and Jaci Gonzales also had a baby, Soren Arthur, and my other two good friends Gabe and Elisa Wilson are due any day now. And I found out that my other friends, Rich and Sue Chavez live two blocks from Nadya Suleman aka: ‘the octomom’…(which is a cruel media name, no matter how you feel about the person)

So i guess this has been a  very fruitful time for everyone.

Meanwhile, I’m glad that ‘Slumdog’ won best picture at the Oscars. I couldn’t help and wonder at the production and the star power in the room. With all the glitz and glam and fashion and awards…I thought I’d give a shout out to some heroes of mine. They may never get to walk down a red carpet. They may never have Robert DeNiro say something kind to them in front of millions of people. They are friends of mine who travel across oceans, to live as  light to the world. They scrimp and save and write letters trying to raise money so they can live in places like India, Africa, Afghanistan, and other little islands…they are my missionary friends.  They are my mom and dad and people like them, pastors of small churches, stubbornly faithful, serving the inner cities and forgotten communities across the world. As Twila Paris, one of my favorite all time artists wrote so eloquently:
“How beautiful the feet that bring
The sound of good news
And the love of the King.
How beautiful the hands that serve

The wine and the bread
And the sons of the earth.

How beautiful is the body of Christ.”

Here’s to them. And here’s to you. I’m back and it feels good. Can’t wait for you to hear the new stuff.