Still alive

Haven't blogged in awhile. Been a little busy and a little gone. Finished revisiting "The First Christmas." Next, we revisited "Esther and the King." Both look and sound great. Currently, we are working on the revisit of "David & Goliath." This is a larger project, because we are re-doing the modern-day bookends to make them more ecumenical. We've finished revising the visual portion and are about to start work on the audio fixes.

Along the way, I took off some time to be with my family. We visited London and Paris. It was a quick trip, but great fun. While in London, we took in "Stomp" (useful research for our Ninevah scenes in our next show, "Jonah and the Great Fish"), "Mary Poppins" (great family show), and 'Wicked" (maybe -- no probably -- the best show I've ever seen; that's us on show night).

While in England, I had the opportunity to present a fireside to the St. Albans Stake at Stevenage. What a wonderful group of people to be among. They were so gracious and welcoming. I don't know how many were there, but the chapel was full and they opened the overflow. My presentation was on a subject near and dear to my heart -- our responsibilities regarding the media (including shunning the bad, seeking the good, spreading the news when we find something good, and doing our part to create or support uplifting media). When it was over, we had such a great time visiting with many old and new friends (this was the stake I attended as a university student when I first met my wife, Suzanne, who is from this area). The Liken series doesn't seem to be well-known in England, a situation we would like to change.