. . . that is in regard to my return to blogging. I am quite sure I will resume blogging before the next millennium. However, the return will not be before 2008 unless something really excites or irks me before then.
My month hiatus has turned into a multi-month break from blogging, although I have been keeping up with a few blogs here and there. My feedreader is stuffed with unread material. My doctoral writing project continues and I hope to be finished with the bulk of it by the end of the year. I also find myself one week away from leading our annual Christmas Concert (after about 20 rehearsals since October) at church, the completion of our 2008 Budget process (of which I oversee) and I should finish preaching through Romans 8 by the end of the year.
Since last reporting, Brie is now ten and a half months old, crawling, trying to pull up on most everything and making Kel and I laugh all the time. All is set for her adoption to be final – we anticipate around the first of the year. And, while I did not report on it, we have another little one with us: Josie. We were not sure that we would have her more than a week, but that week has now turned into four and a half months, since she came into our home at the ripe old age of five days old (I’ll post pics when I officially return to blogging). The foster/adoption process can be (really, ‘is’) a difficult road to follow. We ask for your prayers for Josie.
Thank you for your comments. I do plan to return to do some blogging – that is no more than some random musing from the mind of an average pastor. I have a number of ideas and posts waiting to find the light of day. I’ll wait until January to tell you a bit about where I’m headed with the blog. Just know, Walter, I do plan to address your question. Thanks for stoking my fire a bit at the Convention. This will be fun.
Watch the Short Caps. Since these require no thought and even less effort, I’ll probably be throwing up a few articles I’ve read over the past number of months that I bookmarked and found helpful.
Enjoy the holiday season. Honor and exalt the Savior in this season where the world is watching with materialistic eyes. Perhaps seeing His value will far exceed the value we tend to place on the stuff that easily ensnares and distracts us at Christmas.
