Hi, all.

First off, I apologize for not spending much time in this space over the past couple of months.

If you've followed my blog activities (and inactivity!), you know that on October 22, I accepted a position as marketing and media director at one of the Assemblies of God's 100 largest churches. I was thrilled not only to have a job but to be in a position that required top-notch creativity and performance from many areas of my skill site — and many areas I was eager to acquire new skills in.

As marketing and media director I designed several promotional and in-house printed pieces, I wrote press releases, I worked with vendors, I approved and gave guidance for the video and broadcast editing (though not much of that because

This is just a quick update on what's happening in the BlogRodentSphere. (Yes, I take my "branding" too seriously, sometimes!)

I've been unemployed since November 9. However, by God's grace and the help of friends, Jennifer and I have not suffered from a loss of income. In fact, I've only drawn one week's worth of unemployment checks. We've managed to keep busy with enough freelance work that we've been able to make our dreaded mortgage-payments and other sundry bills relatively on-time. We're without health-insurance, though, so we are praying none of us fall ill.

I've had several interesting and fun interviews. None of them were high-pressure (with the possible exception of the church interview), and I felt instant rapport with everyone I've interviewed with:

• Tyndale House Publishers (major Christian publisher)
• Magnet Street (a Christian-owned magnet manufacturer, marketing company)
• Birkey.com (a Christian-owned Web development firm)