Tomorrow morning I will get in the car and, rather than heading to work, I will embark on one of my signature crazy-man concert road trips. Previous editions of the road trips have taken me to Chicago and Nashville… this time I’m heading west, to Omaha. The goal this time: the kickoff concert of the 2008 Behold the Lamb of God Christmas tour, featuring Andrew Peterson and friends.

My current plans are to leave Cedar Rapids first thing in the morning, meet Curt McLey for lunch in Elkhorn (suburban Omaha) around 11:30, and then head over to the church where the concert will take place. It will be good to catch up a bit with the gang of musicians who make up this tour - Andy Osenga, Andy Gullahorn, Jill Phillips, Ben Shive… talented songwriters and musicians, all… and when you put them all on the same stage… amazing things happen. The concert is at 7 pm and then it’s just 4 short hours on I-80 back home. Good times.

If you haven’t heard Behold the Lamb before, you should go buy yourself a copy from the Rabbit Room store. Best Christmas album I own, hands down. I’ll be bleary-eyed and saddle sore come Wednesday morning, but it will definitely have been worth it. Hopefully I’ll have some good pictures to post when I get back. Only 18 more hours to wait…