Has it been Three Months Already?

Has it been three months since my last post? It hasn't been from laziness, that's for sure. In fact, it's been quite a busy stretch. In addition to the usual 40-hour work week, trying to be a good husband and father, I've been working on a few exciting projects.

• This quarter The INN University Ministries is looking at the letter to the Colossians and they asked me to kick it off by giving an overview of the entire book: no small task for 20 minutes but it seemed to go well. I'd like to believe I'm the first person to connect this letter to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• The great folks at Acme Presbyterian Church invited me to fill the pulpit for a few weeks in February and March. If you're ever in Whatcom County on Sunday morning and you need a small country church to visit, you couldn't do much better.
• I've been busy facilitating a Barth Pub Theology group. Due to its popularity I ended up leading two groups. This meant I got to spend 10 Thursday's centered on my two favorite "B" words: Barth and beer. I'm a bit bummed this one is done. However in the weeks to come, I'll gladly accept any of your offers to combine beer and theology.
• Finally, I wrote a couple of articles for the forthcoming Lexham Bible Dictionary. For the curious, one was on the genealogy of Jesus Christ and the other was on the sacraments. For the record they're short, I wished I could have written more. But they turned out well (I think). I'm especially proud of the article on the genealogy and believe it will be helpful for pastors, teachers, small group leaders, and anyone interested in those sort of things.

 Now that those projects are through I'm hoping to get back to updating this blog regularly. I've read some great books, listened to some great music, and have been kicking around some ideas that I'd love to share.

Thanks for reading.