So, yeah, I haven't really been blogging much lately. This is for two reasons:
1. Seminary has gotten really time-consuming; I took both Greek and Hebrew this past year, and I don't have much time for blogging. I'm on schedule to graduate in May, though.
2. Facebook enables me to do fast status updates, which fills the need (with most of my friends) to keep tabs on my life.

Few of my friends blog anymore. I enjoy blogging - it's a creative outlet and promotes good observation, reflection, and writing skills. I'd like to return to blogging sometime down the road, but for the time being, Facebook fills all my needs.

The Obligatory 2009 Retrospective:
It was a good year. I had lots of work, but accomplished a lot as well. Most of my non-school and non-work time and energy has been devoted to my girlfriend, but that relationship is going well and I'm very happy with her.

The economy went south, but (fortunately) we didn't have to cut any professors from the school. It was a close shave, though. We survived mainly because three professors volunteered to enter retirement early and shift to half-time employment.

I'm looking forward to graduating with my second Master's degree, an M.Div, in May. I imagine my life will be significantly less stressful when that happens.

My odometer reads 205,344 miles, which means I drove over 11,000 miles in 2009, which is more than in any of the previous three years. I hope to drive less in 2010.