But I’ve Never Been Unloved.  That’s a reference to one of Michael W. Smith’s last albums, Live the Life.  It is certainly too soon for us to reminisce his career, because he’s still around, but there are plenty of younger Christian’s that may never become familiar with his music.  Some would call that a good thing, but you can’t deny the influence of the CCM pioneers on today’s spiritual music, especially the abundance of worship albums that sound so much like Pearl Jam’s Ten.

On the subject of worship albums, most of my regular readers are aware that I was one of the guitarists in the Worship Under the Stars event held over the past two years on Jekyll Island.  I’ll be rejoining some of that team and others in a benefit that is being held in honor of my wife, Brooke, and I.  I haven’t been faithful about blogging lately, but I should have brought attention to this event months ago.  It’s called Baby Boom and can be checked out at http://www.thebabyjournals.com.  Essentially, it is a fundraiser for our “in vitro fertilization” process which will be necessary in order for us to have children.

Fred McKinnon posted a good blog about the show, as did Chris Moncus, and Shannon Lewis, all of whom have been very sacrificing of their time and energy in getting this thing put together.  The vision came from our dear friends T.J. and Kim Thompson.  I was the only grown man crying like a little girl in Outback the night that they asked for our blessing on the project.