1. Another year married to the most amazing, patient, loving woman I know. I’m blessed beyond words to be married to my best friend. She is the wife of my youth and my drug of choice.
2. Watching my boys grow into little men. While they are both wired very differently, I can see Christ leading and growing them into compassionate, tender warriors who are learning to love deeply and give deeply. His work in them leaves me speechless sometimes.
3. The birth of my daughter. In the midst of raising two boys, God, in his humor, sends me a little girl who steals my heart and changes my life completely. There’s something about a father and daughter that I’m beginning to get a glimpse of…
4. The Ragamuffin Band of the Body of Christ. I have survived another year of ministry with the fierce devotion of people I worship with and do life with. They/we are broken, cracked, weak, dependent people who desperately need Jesus every minute. Business men and women. Church and civic leaders. Substance abuse addicts and performance abuse addicts. ‘Normal’ people who realize there is no such thing as normalcy. Together we lock arms and drink the cup of amazin’ grace. For those at FBC, for the Saints, the Tweeps, and others…your friendship and brotherhood is invaluable to me. I love you all dearly.