It’s been a terrible drop off - nothing yet in 2009. But I am going to try again and see what happens. I have experienced a big change since last year. In fact, two big changes. I am now enrolled in another doctoral program and am loving it. It is occupying a lot of my time but it is exhilerating. In addition, I have taken a position as the Pastor of University Church at Purdue. I am leading the service on Sunday and it has been an exciting experience. This once strong Presbyterian congregation had dwindled down to little or noting. My first Sunday there were 17 people. We are now averaging about 125 each week. People are enthusiastic for what we are doing. We are trying to do church differently. We are focusing on teaching the Bible, not preaching about the Bible. We are trying to elevate the intellectual rigor of the teaching out of respect for the University community. And we are reaching out to a multi-generational demographic including faculty, staff and members of the community. In particular we are trying to offer people who have had bad experiences with a Christian church - either hurt or bored - a new feeling about expressing their Christian spiritual yearnings. The focus of the experience is life application. It’s not about living as a religious person. It’s about living like a Christian…you know…love God and love other people. Yeah, that thing.