the last two mornings have been early ones! but, they have been excellent and definitely worth the lost shut-eye. wednesday morning i met brad, robert, lindsey, and april downtown for some prayer time at a church that has had a labyrinth set up for a few weeks. the labyrinth was a new prayer excercise for me and very valuable. it was great to make that space in my day for prayer and reflection and it was a blessing to do it in community with some of my favorite people.

this morning i picked up aubrey, jasmine, and katie for breakfast at ihop. i really love that place. if you don't know these girls, you should. they are great fun and very colorful! i'm looking forward to getting to know them better.

today i spent some time on the dave crowder band website and had a great time. not only do they make great, creative, fresh tunes and not only are they passionate about God and worshipping him and not only do they have a new cd coming out next month (i'll tell you about that in a minute), but they are so stinkin' funny! do yourself a favor and read some of the articles in their news archives. there is also some great stuff under each bandmember.

ok, now about their new cd. i've heard a few of the songs that are going to be on it and they are great. but, there is even better news - you can pre-order the new cd and help me get a new guitar at the same time!! they are running a contest right now and the person who pre-orders the most cds wins a guitar. if you haven't seen my $75-thrift store guitar, just trust me when i say, i could use a new guitar. anyway, rather than personally purchasing multiple copies i was thinking i could encourage you to pre-order a cd. when you do, there is a place for you to put in your "guitar giveaway id" which is where you would put MY phone number. don't worry. this is not cheating and/or illegal. they are encouraging people to do this. so, now with a clean conscience you can immediately link to the dcb website(i linked it above) and increase my chances of winning a guitar.

peace