The following happens between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

…and I must be very nervous about the meeting I have scheduled at 6:00 a.m. at Starbucks with the man I believe to have generated all of this terrorist activity over the last 24 hours. This man has created havoc. He’s launched a comment spam attack. He’s hijacked the Simply Strategic Show (which just happens to be in the Top 100 Christian podcasts on iTunes!) podcast. He’s taken three of our Innovative Church Conference speakers hostage. He made a man disguise himself as Tim Stevens and dress up in a kimono.

I tossed and turned as I tried to grab some additional sleep, but I couldn’t wipe the activities of the day out of my mind. I found myself in that state where you never know if you are actually awake or asleep but regardless you still end up with a pool of drool on your pillow—kind of like when your wife forces you to sit and watch an episode of Oprah with her.

This was awful. When I started blogging about 18 months ago, I never imagined I’d face this type of situation. Why? Why? Why?

And then the cell phone by my bed rang and woke me from my restless sleep. “Hello, who is this?” There was a pause on the other end of the line, and then I was shocked to hear the caller respond, “This is…”