Yep, it's been over a year since I have posted anything on my blog. What have I been up to over the past 356-ish days? Well... Tomorrow is my son's 1st Birthday, and I my wife and I are now home-owners. So... these things along with helping to serve my church's college and young adult community, encapsulates the past year's events fairly well. New Topic: I'm on a diet. I hate diets, but this one is kinda cool, actually. http://www.uamshealth.com/weightloss I feel it's God's grace in my life that I'm on this diet. This January is the first time ever that my insurance decided to pay for such a program - an unprecedented benefit in most major insurance agencies as I understand. Challenged recently by my good friend, JT, to "ask God to make you more teachable", I did pray and ask God to make me more teachable. In fact, I continually make this my prayer, and I am amzed at how I've gained a new outlook on life. I now see how I have been a pretty stubborn and un-teachable b@st#$d for most of my life, and that there are a multitude of things I have been too afraid and/or too prideful to learn. Not least of which is self-discipline. Having recently done a study on the book of Titus from the New Testament in the basement of a local bar w/ some buddies, I have become familiar with some core principles which every Christ-following man ought to strive to emulate. The top two I have struggles with in my life are discipline and self-control. This newly-started diet - the same that former Gov. Huckabee underwent when he "unzipped and stepped out from his fat suit" - is administered and overseen by UAMS. Tomorrow begins day 5 for me. This will be a 5-6 month process of slowly losing weight. My goal is to lose 40 - 50 Lbs. If you think of it, please pray with me that I will overcome poor food habits with healthy ones. This is my desire - to live a Godly life in everything. I need help in this - I'm pretty darn selfish, and prideful. More later....