Happy New Year,

The past few weeks have been a blur of activity for me, and I am grateful that I will soon have a chance to slow down. Since the middle of December, we have traveled to Minnesota and Green Bay. We have packed, moved, and unpacked. I have had the wonderful privileges of speaking at a high school camp for two days, preaching at our church, leading youth group, attending a New Year's youth lock-in, and teaching Hermeneutics at church. Throw in a birthday, anniversary, Christmas, and New Year's and it makes for one crazy month.

Because of all this activity, I have not had much of a chance to update this blog. Things are finally slowing down and I have a moment to write. Since it is a new year, here are some of my resolutions:

Read the entire Bible in a year (this is an annual resolution and one of the best a person could possibly make - and keep)
Lead my family in a godly manner
Publish God and Cancer (should be out in March/April - it will be sent to the publisher in the next day or two)
Publish books 1 & 2 of our youth fiction series (we are very excited about this series - it's been a lot of fun, we've received some great feedback, and the illustrations are incredible)
Take advantage of the wonderful ministry opportunities that God provides
Keep my website and blog up-to-date
And, of course, exercise on a regular basis (will probably include the Green Bay triathlon in June)

Will I keep all of these resolutions? Only God knows. I plan to, but oftentimes He has other plans.