First, all glory and praise go to God, who through His Son, Jesus Christ, makes all things possible and gives us the gift of eternal life.

Many thanks go to the fantastic team of people at Sybex for their outstanding work on this project. Thanks to Kenyon Brown, the senior acquisitions editor, for offering us the opportunity to work on this book. Also thanks to Stephanie Barton, the development editor, for keeping things on track and making the book more presentable. Thanks, Steph, for all your hard work and diligence. The technical proofreaders, Kevin E. Ryan and Jason Eckert, did a wonderful job of double-checking all of the work in the book in addition to making suggestions to improve the content. Also our appreciation goes out to David B. Clinton for taking the reins as technical editor near the close of the project and offering his terrific advice. Thanks also goes to the young and talented Daniel Anez (theanez.com) for his illustration work. We would also like to thank Carole Jelen at Waterside Productions, Inc., for arranging this opportunity for us and for helping us out in our writing careers.

Christine would particularly like to thank her husband, Timothy, for his encouragement, patience, and willingness to listen, even when he has no idea what she is talking about. Christine would also like to express her love for Samantha and Cameron, “May God bless your marriage richly.”

Rich would particularly like to thank his wife, Barbara, for enduring his grouchy attitude during this project and helping to keep up his spirits with baked goods.