Happy New Year!


It’s 2010. And just so you know, it’s now pronounced twenty-ten, not two thousand and ten. Thanks for clarifying Luke.

I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions but I do set life goals. It started around ten years ago when Erika and I went through premarital counseling. The pastor invited us to dream about the future. Then he asked us to draft up a five year plan and ten year plan.
Surprisingly we didn’t stray too far from our predictions. We planned to have children, pay off student debt, and I had ideas about returning to seminary to do a Masters degree. All of these things materialized.
But we also planned other things that didn’t come to pass. Teacher’s college and church planting are two examples. And we never thought we’d be living in Hanover, ON.
So, here we are. Do we have big dreams for the next ten years of our lives? Stay tuned in 2020 to find out.

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