We had a wonderful relaxing warm week in Ixtapa, and are now back “in the saddle.” School begins in a week and with it some speaking engagements, but I’ll do my best to keep the blog up to date. Here’s what I plan to do: finish Fitch; we’ve dropped Peterson because the book did not generate discussion (however good it is to read); I’ll finish my series on the Sermon on the Mount that I dropped for the Advent and Christmas series; and I hope to turn to a controversial issue by the end of January. Lots of books to look at, too.

Here are the ladies before our New Year’s Eve party (Annika [Luke’s wife], Kris, Laura [our daughter], and Kari [our niece]):