Month: January 2007

Wayne Watson’s open letter

I just found an open letter from Wayne Watson published on his website.
The letter discloses his recent divorce from his wife.

This is a very difficult letter to write. For the past few years, being off the day-to-day radar of the music industry, as we know it, it’s become easy for me to think my life holds interest only to close friends and family.
But, this is a different day – a new season. God is opening doors again and with that comes the responsibility of greater accountability to those who have been gracious enough to show renewed interest in my life and the music that comes from it.
As painful as this is to tell you, I want you to be aware that Lynn and I separated in April of ’05 after 31 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in November – almost a year ago now. It was not impulsive and was not a quick exit for someone or something else. It was an agonizing decision. The problems were long standing. After counseling and a lot of soul searching, I can only say that our marriage became impossible to live out together day by day. Between God and me, regarding all that has taken place, I am at peace.

I met Wayne in the Spring of 2003 at UMHB and he has a true heart of a minister and of God. I won’t even begin to speculate on what may have happened here, but I only hope the church can gather around two wounded souls and give them the support they need.

Power your church/ministry website with WordPress

Delta theme for WordPress

If you’re still behind the curve, remember it is 2007 and your church and ministry needs a website. Why not use WordPress or Blogger to power your site?

It’s as easy to use as blogging and with RSS already built in, visitors can always have the latest information delivered to their e-mail or RSS reader.

Seriously, it doesn’t get much easier.

And here are a few great themes to plug-in and get started with.

Delta Theme (as seen above)

Several other themes by the same designer

And here’s a great example of how you can really put WordPress to work: Missouri Valley Baptist
Or there’s also a sample site, Cory Miller did to show off how you can make a website with minimal effort and maintenance with Blogger.

Thanks to Cory Miller for the links.

2006 by the numbers

Brandi always comes up with great ideas for her blog posts so I’m taking her latest and adapting it for me. Here’s a look at 2006 by the numbers.

States visited: 4
African countries visited: 1
Airports I’ve been in or landed at: 8
Nights I spent in the African bush: 1
Times our caravan was stuck in the mud on the way to said bush: 7
Times our van broke down on the way to or from said bush: 7
Gubernatorial candidates met: 3
Famous people met: 2
New churches joined: 1
Times I’ve said I love my new church: 6,749
New tires on my truck: 2
Months left on my apartment lease before I met Laurie: 13
Months left on my apartment lease when I proposed: 9
Months left on my apartment lease when we get married: 3
Softball teams I’ve played on (at least one game): 4
Softball championships said teams won: 1 and one 2nd place
Wrestling shows I’ve taken part of: more than 15
Books read: 7
Hard drives replaced on my laptop: 1
Power supplies replaced on my laptop: 2
Number of times a co-worker has complained about their Mac computers: 8,224
Logic boards replaced on Laurie’s Mac: 1
Number of times I’ve wished I could work on OS 9 again: 0
Videos produced for church: 5
Videos posted on YouTube: 37
Pictures posted on Flickr: 1,327
Friends on MySpace: 287
Current total number of posts to my personal blog: 1,915
Recorded visits to my personal blog: 10,020
Blogs currently subscribed to: 65
Lifelong memories made with friends and family: countless
Days until I’m married: 117

Here’s to 2007 and seeing all the changes that it brings with it. May God bless you this year and may His face shine upon you.