On to 2008!

So a good friend reminded me recently—not intentionally, but through normal conversation—of two things: 1. I have a blog. 2. I should probably update it before my unborn son heads off to college. Thanks, Tyler!

Anyway, I’ve been thinking of a good way to wrap up 2007. I covered a bunch of different subjects last year—the primary one being college football—and, while I do make a point of writing about things that interest me, I want to be more intentional in 2008 about what I write and how often I do it. So I guess I should just make a clean break of it and dive right in to the new year.

One of the things I really want to spend more time doing this year is reading. And not just reading anything, either. I want to expand my horizons to understand more about the world around me and how I fit into it. I want to read books that will broaden my horizons and challenge my thinking. Basically, I want to read with intent. That’s why you’ll probably see me writing more about religion (Christian apologetics in particular), politics, business, etc.

Quick side note here—I still plan on writing about some of the things you saw last year. For instance, my interest in college football is such that I’m even looking at starting a separate blog just for that. So, please don’t think I’m not planning on keeping you all updated with what’s going in my (our) life, because I will. It’s just that those updates will be shorter and less infrequent. What I hope to accomplish this year is more of an academic pursuit of sorts.

Back to wrapping up 2007. I could spend time talking about the end of football season (Tebow winning the Heisman, LSU winning it all—even though I think there are at least 3 teams who could challenge them…can you say “playoff”?, my top 5 for next year—in no particular order, Georgia, Florida, USC, Ohio State, Oklahoma, etc.), but I won’t. I will tell you in quick update that it’s a matter of days until Jacob is born, so obviously that’s dominating our thoughts at this point. I’m probably much more anxious than Becki is (she’s content to wait until the due date), but we’re both really looking forward to meeting our son! His official due date is Jan. 27; we’ll most certainly be updating all of you when the big day comes, and will, of course, be posting pictures.

Here’s my plan to ease my blog into 2008. I would really like to do a few book reviews and share with you what I’m reading and how it’s impacted my life. I’m currently reading “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis, and it’s reminding me what an incredible genius he was. So I’ll definitely be sharing my thoughts on that one real soon. In the meantime, I’d like to cover some of the books I read in 2007, so look for the first one in the next 2-3 days. I’ll cover one every couple of days or so. Then I’d like to take some time to talk (and probably rant) about Walt Disney World—one of my favorite places in the world but, in an ironic twist, probably also a place I am hating more and more, too. We just spent a weekend there and I had a whole list of things to talk about by the time it was over. So you’ll get to hear my thoughts on that, too.

So, there you have it. My plan for 2008. Hope you enjoy it. I’m really looking forward to it, myself. See you in a couple of days!