Speaking...

Apparently I'm going to be the opening speaker of a Catholic Conference this summer, attended by a few hundred people. Pretty exciting!

Things went very well today. I did my talk in Toledo, then drove all the way back to Kalamazoo at the end of the day to play a solo tonight at WMU. I'm exhausted. It's been a 15 hour day, all told, and after I finish this Bourbon, I'm off to bed.

Thanks to those of you who prayed!

The Speech Is Done!

I just did a dry run of my talk for Wednesday, and it clocked in at just a little over a half an hour. I'm supposed to be at around 35 minutes, so it gives me a little breathing room. There will be a ten minute or so question and answer period following. I tell you...I was planning on speaking extemporaneously, but I decided when speaking before a Bishop, I wanted to have planned exactly what I was going to say. I've probably spent about ten hours on this thing! It's good to be done. I've got a little tweaking to do tomorrow, and a little editing, but all in all, it's in the can, and that feels good.