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Hey Everybody,

Welcome to “FreePlay Friday”  – where I catchup on life and anything else I want to discuss here on the blog.

1.  RSS Readers:

To the hundreds of you who are subscribed via RSS – thanks for your loyal readership.  I hope you’ll click over and see the new design here on the blog and leave a comment – I’d like to hear from you today!

2.  AllAboutWorship Podcast Honors:

I had the privilege of being interviewed by Ben and Wisdom a few weeks ago on the “All About Worship” podcast, which has a whopping 4,000+ subscribers.  The interview went live last night – I’d like to invite you to check out the interview on AllAboutWorship.Com or on iTunes.  Regardless of where you listen, please leave them a comment and thank them for the great job they are doing with this incredible resource.

3.  re:create 2009 Friends

My first trip to re:create was amazing.  I get it now – and understand why so many of my friends tell me “once you go to re:create, you’ll never want to go to another conference”.  One of the most satisfying aspects of this trip was meeting all of these “friends” in blogworld.  A friend of mine back home often asks about blog relationships … “are they real friends”.  Well, I can tell you that I immediately felt at home, and felt as if I’d known these people all my life.  There was NOTHING superficial.  It was like family.  I can’t say how overwhelmed I was.  I’ll be unpacking a lot of the things I absorbed during re:create, but I’ll leave you with this photo of a bunch of us hanging out … see if you recognize any of these awesome people:

(back row standing, left to right:  Chris, Mark, Jim, Rich, Mark)
(seated, left around to right: Tam, Brent, Randy, Richard, Joel, Alastair, and some guy named Fred)

Somehow this picture missed Kim and Neil Bontrager, who must’ve arrived just AFTER this pic was taken.
If I don’t have your blog link, I need it … my re:create book is in my suitcase – so comment and let me know the URL!

4.  Ministry Continues Tonight and Tomorrow

They are calling for boarding of my flight – I land at 4:15 and have soundcheck at 5:00 PM for the Golden Isles Women’s Connection conference this weekend at First Baptist in Brunswick, GA … so no rest for the weary.  Say a prayer for me, pretty please!