Happy New Year to my friends, family and readers of RKWL! What a whirlwind 2008 has been as the first year in our new southern California life as a family. From 2008 the following is a snapshot…

• Kids finish first time being homeschooled for the 2007-08 and enter public schooling. So far so good.
• Both kids get braces. Ouch. Ouch.
• We sell our house of five years we owned in Redding, CA for a decent price in this economy. Miracle.
• I become even more geeky. We have router issues at home now.
• My wife starts a business, or two.
• I  pass my 4oth year in 2008! Ouch.
• Blogging favorites like Worship Mythbusters and a new blog at Tehilla Music started.
• I performed the wedding for my good friend Zach Tanksley.
• My daughter entered High School, and now leads worship with me.
• We are “post minivan” now as a family.
• Cigars are nice. Ahhh.
• iPhones are nice, too.
• 20th year in ministry passed me by. Wow.
• New friends. Missing old friends.
• A quiet small family Christmas.
• Need for long sleeves reduced to half. New sandals, anyone?

For 2009? Let’s roll…

Here is another potpourri of interesting web posts…

• Mobile Phones Are Changing Our Behavior says Phil Cooke
• Mark Lee of Third Day is Pulling an “Old Yeller” on his blog… stop him!
• CNET News says Twitter might make me some dough with news that Twitpay brings micropayments to Twitter.
• Shawn at Lo-fi Tribe is making buzz with his God Loves Fundamentalists, Too thing.
• Yes, Perry Noble, Church Really Is That Important, but you say it better than I can.
• If you are in the Dallas area, PLEASE check out Church Tech Camp’s site.
• FREE Christmas CD from Tony Guerrero on his blog. Gotta love that!

I am very moved by the big hearts of bloggers and twitter friends who have shared the story of Randy Miller of The Myriad linking to his video or mentioning how people can pray and help.  If you do not know his band, they are fantastic.  However, I first got to know Randy as a concrete contractor who played drums in my church’s worship team.  I know his wife, kids and my family loves the Millers!  They are family to us. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeremy has done a great job at our church as a sound guy and speaks from the audio pro perspective.  He started a great conversation over at Tehilla Music blog with this post:  Sound Guy as a Worship Leader? Bah! Check it out.

Does the tech side of our worship services help lead people in worship?

OK, so how many of you post on your blog via iPhone, Blackberry, Treo, etc.?