August 19, 2004
Pray for David & Ashlee
Please pray that God would heal their bodies. They've both got some wicked virus that's been keeping 'em down.
It sucks to be sick.
Back when I was in school, it was fun to break the routine and miss the school books, etc. But when you're an adult and your body feels like crap, it just doesn't have the "fun adventerous" feel that it did way back when.
I'm packing my bags for the Purple Door Festival, via Atlanta via Baltimore. Speaking of Purple Door, CMRadio will be streaming the fest live all this weekend (starting tomorrow).
You can check it out here.
I put the word out in our mass email newsletter (you can sign up for that on our main page, on the link "Mailing List | Subscribe" at the bottom right...) that we needed some help promoting the magazine (on college campuses and youth groups), and thus far the response has been great. That's so cool. It's really a privilege to be doing this magazine. It's so encouraging to hear that people get edified or excited by it.
I'm praying for wisdom these days. One of the things I'm thinking about is hiring someone to do advertising sales for HM Magazine. It's a job that I've been doing myself for a while and it'd be great to switch hats and work more on editorial. God tells us that if we lack wisdom to ask, so that's what I'm doing. I'm also praying for safety as I travel. The Purple Door festival is held at a ski resort in PA, and it's really a nice spot to be at.
Now I just need to find time to do some shopping for my wife's birthday, which is coming up next week.
PS If you feel led, I could also use prayer about a situation with one of the articles for our upcoming (Nov/Dec) issue. It will be our first "SPECIAL SO & SO SAYS" issue, with a bunch of those type of articles in it. One of the bands I interviewed (I won't say who, cuz that's not cool) apparently freaked out after the interview was over. Seems I brought up religion or some other touchy subject. Surprise, surprise. Anyway, they'd like to recall the interview. What? Their publicist has asked to see the transcript of the interview. I normally don't do that, but I agreed to send it over when I'm done transcribing it. The hope is that the band will calm down when they read that they weren't misquoted or taken out of context, etc. I'm praying that this will work out. So, without getting into it, if you'd like to lift this situation up to God and just ask, "Please help this situation work out," I'd greatly appreciate it.
:?)