day no. 14,690: alphabetical areas of interest list January 2019

Advent (really enjoyed our first very intentional season)

Ask Doug (YouTube videos of Doug Wilson answering questions)

Beard (3 months old, looking good, feeling great!)

Benediction (trying to find more ways to implement Numbers 6:24-26)
Bifocals (still haven't mentally resolved to fact of needing them)

Brain Games (show on Netfliex enjoying with family)

Canon Press/Christ Church (wanting to visit)

Calendar (reorienting calendar around Christian calendar)

Charades (enjoyed playing w/ family during Advent nights w/o movies)

Charcuterie board (loved having out several times during feast day celebrations)

Cold Showers (still enjoying cold showers after workouts)

Connection Group (enjoying break over holidays and looking ahead to Spring)

Discipleship (meeting with guys 4 out of 5 days a week for lunch this semester)

Doug Wilson (still fan-girling like a boss: Books, Blog & Mablog, and Plodcast)

Dude Perfect (still a family favorite, Youtube videos)

Down Syndrome (scared after initial ultrasound for baby girl, blood test confirmed negative)

Eldering (identifying next group, beginning new book/group training in Feb)

Fasting (revisiting this discipline accompanied by specific prayers)

Feast Days (implementing intentional focus on feasting) 

Future (keeping eye on prize and wondering what God may call us to)

Genesis 3 (looking fwd to preaching the Fall in a few weeks)

Gentlemen Broncos (excited to watch this Hess film I got for Christmas!)

Gifts (God using Christmas to prompt many to provide financial needs)

Girl's Names (contemplating VV #7's name)
Glasses (trying to adjust to wearing new glasses more regularly)

God Rest Ye Merry (just completed Advent devo by Doug Wilson)

Gratitude (a heart full of "Thank you" for God's kindness in healing and provision lately)

High Protein Diet (looking to get back into it after holiday season)

How to think (learning not just what, but how and how to teach others the same)

IPAs (still by far my favorite genre of beer, lately Logboat's Rosalitas)
Is Genesis History? (excited to watch movie I got for Christmas)

Jammin Jalapeno sauce at BWW (back for limited time, love it! why'd they discontinue it?)

Korn (getting reacquainted while running on treadmill)
Lay leading (prepping for sermon on "All of Life is Spiritual")

Lion and the Lamb (just preached on Rev 19:11-16, loved opportunity to cash it out)

Moscow, ID (interested in the area and the ministry of Christ Church)

Music (excited to explore this possibility more while working in UW)

Mustache (first time growing beard w/o trimming 'stache, crazy)

New Building (Anthem renovating, prepping to enter new building by February)

Ology, The (reading w/ kids during dinner)

Other Jesuses (2 Cor 11:3-4 ref in recent sermon is clutch in combating this tendency)

Pilgrim's Progress (began reading w/ intention of reading through every year going fwd)

Preaching and sermon preparation (delighting in studying, doing and teaching God's Word)

Prayer walking (praying for family by name during morning walk to work)

Pull up bar (Atticus got for Christmas, been enjoying opportunity to work upper body)

Quarter zip (hand me down work out jacket/shirt from Josh Miller I've be wearing tons)

Quit biting pointer and pinky finger nails on right hand (bad habit resurfaced on these only)

Racial Reconciliation (pursuing clear-headed, Gospel-centered discussion/reactions)

Refused (listened to Shape of Punk to Come album other day for first time in long time)

Strength (men: serve, provide protect -- women: make home, cultivate beauty, nurture life)

Stroopwafels (got some for Christmas)

Tax return (excited to see how much we get back this year!!!)

Tithing (God continues to generously provide as we give our first and best to Him faithfully)

Toms (got my first pair as hand me downs from Josh Miller

Underwriting (hired Sep 1, 2018; completing training Jan 11, 2019)
Vacation (excited I get 2 weeks of paid paternal leave when baby girl arrives)

Van (have a 15 pass van lined up from Baptist church in town: answer to prayer)

Vocation (pursuing my calling in the context of lay leading)

Walking to work (been enjoying opportunity for fresh air to and from work)

Why Children Matter (reading at night with wife)

Women in leadership (recent discussion w/ Vint regarding woman worship director)
X marks the spot (focusing on being where I am and thinking about where I want to be)

"Yes!" (realizing I hear myself saying, "No" more than I need to at home)
Zeitgeist sniffer (sick burn Wilson used referring to Rob Bell)