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BACK TO TACTICS! I just started up Final Fantasy Tactics for a second try at conquering what is probably my favorite console game of all. There are other games I've played in the past that were oh-so-cool, but none of them keep my interest like this one. It's the story (which is argueably one of the best in RPG history from what I've read) and super in-depth character development. That's what I really get into. All the possibilities. For those of you who care, the Monk is my favorite job, though I'm still working on how to keep him from getting killed so easily! Anyway, this game will be taking up considerable amounts of my time until I either beat it, get bored with it (which is my unfortunate tendency with RPGs, being my favorite type of game and all ...), or get to a place I can't beat, which is what happened with my first attempt two summers ago. So here we go again! MUST CONQUER!

I just finished reading Raising A Modern Day Knight by Robert Lewis. Good book, guys. Good book. But only read if you dare. It'll stir you up. Now I'm on to The Pursuit of God in the Company of Friends by Richard Lamb. I started this book several months back for the church book club, but barely even got started on it before I had another one to read. So I shelved it. I really am interested in the topic that the title suggests. As I ranted about before, our culture is very individual-oriented. I know that's one of my greatest downfalls. I look forward to reading about how to possibly break out of that pattern and learn what biblical community can really look like.

I will be headed home this Friday for my half sister's wedding. Second wedding. She has two kids by the first marriage. ... Divorce has become my #1 fear in life over the past couple years. It's an ugly, destructive thing, and it only makes it harder to watch when one person moves on to a new partner. God wasn't kidding when he said not to divorce, and especially not to get remarried. Big problem! Anyway, I'm not judging, I'm just saying that it hurts to watch. I went on Target.com to look at Patty's gift registry. I was looking down the long list of items seeing if maybe I could get something for her, and I suddenly got this awful, sick feeling in my stomach. It's not right. God be merciful. I pray I never have to walk that road. I know I don't know the richness of the blessing that is my parents' marriage. I just thank God they're together.

On a lighter note, I'm getting ready to follow up on a call from a potential piano student! Direct result of flyers that went out only last Friday. Here's hoping!