Posted by Chris on Sep 1, 2010 in
Life At the beginning of each month I’m sharing about some plans I’ve made, with the hope it will hold me accountable. What are your plans this year?
1. Read the whole Bible. Now stalled out in 2nd Kings. Got a lot of work to do.
2. Run a full marathon. Running has been put on hold since my current means of transport is bike. Enough exercise…believe me.
3. Climb a 14,000′ Mountain. Although I hate to give up on any of my plans this year, I don’t see this as a financial possibility in 2010. 
4. Visit somewhere I’ve never been. I’m going to count my week in the mountains of California towards this one.
5. Find a full-time job. Check! Finally. Praise God.
6. Take at least one graduate course. I was just admitted into Fuller’s MAGL! I’ll be starting my first class later this month.
7. Read 40 books. Just devoured Born to Run. Delicious.
8. Volunteer at least 1 time a month. Looks like I failed at this, other than my regular responsibilities at my church.
9. Pay off all debt, except school loans. COMPLETED! I am free of all non-school debts!
10. Share my faith regularly. Some cool stories are coming together. Hope to share them soon.
11. Begin leading and/or hosting a regular gathering for skeptics and Christians to study the Bible. See #11.
12. Write daily, including journaling, blogging and working on a book. I haven’t done to well at that this month. However, be on the lookout for a new project you’ll see links for soon.
Tags: 12 Plans for 2010, 40 Books in 2010
Posted by Chris on Aug 3, 2010 in
Life At the beginning of each month I’m sharing about some plans I’ve made, with the hope it will hold me accountable. What are your plans this year?
1. Read the whole Bible. Stalled out in 1st Kings. Got a lot of work to do.
2. Run a full marathon. I’m going to try to get back to running a few times a week this month.
3. Climb a 14,000′ Mountain. Although I hate to give up on any of my plans this year, I don’t see this as a financial possibility in 2010.
4. Visit somewhere I’ve never been. I’m going to count my week in the mountains of California towards this one.
5. Find a full-time job. Got another interview coming up!
6. Take at least one graduate course. I’ll have a concrete date on this soon.
7. Read 40 books. I’m about to knock out Hearing God, Practicing the Presence of God, Rework and a novel called The Dreaming Void.
8. Volunteer at least 1 time a month. Made dinner for the crew at Foundation For the Homeless last week.
9. Pay off all debt, except school loans. COMPLETED! I am free of all non-school debts!
10. Share my faith regularly. Some cool stories are coming together. Hope to share them soon.
11. Begin leading and/or hosting a regular gathering for skeptics and Christians to study the Bible. See #11.
12. Write daily, including journaling, blogging and working on a book. I’m working on a new project that I’m pretty excited about. I’ll be posting a link here soon.
Tags: 12 Plans for 2010
Posted by Chris on Jul 6, 2010 in
Life At the beginning of each month I’m sharing about some plans I’ve made, with the hope it will hold me accountable. What are your plans this year?
1. Read the whole Bible. Progress was slow this past month. I’ve got a lot of catch up to do.
2. Run a full marathon. Still need create new fitness goals. I’m struggling to find motivation post-marathon.
3. Climb a 14,000′ Mountain. Although I hate to give up on any of my plans this year, I don’t see this as a financial possibility in 2010.
4. Visit somewhere I’ve never been. See numero 3.
5. Find a full-time job. Got an interview coming up!
6. Take at least one graduate course. This is looking more and more likely.
7. Read 40 books. I’m somewhere in the 20s now. Right on track.
8. Volunteer at least 1 time a month. I volunteered a lot for my church community this past month. Good times.
9. Pay off all debt, except school loans. I’m pretty sure I can do this by the end of the month.
10. Share my faith regularly. Slowly having more and more opportunities for this. A key I’m learning is to be unbelievably counter-cultural.
11. Begin leading and/or hosting a regular gathering for skeptics and Christians to study the Bible. It takes a long time to build the relationships necessary for this one. I need to pray more regularly for it.
12. Write daily, including journaling, blogging and working on a book. Slacked off a bit this month, however I did revisit a book proposal I’ve been working on.
Tags: 12 Plans for 2010, Goals
Posted by Chris on May 31, 2010 in
Life At the beginning of each month I’m sharing about some plans I’ve made, with the hope it will hold me accountable. What are your plans this year?
1. Read the whole Bible. Knocked out Leviticus this morning. Definitely helps.
2. Run a full marathon. Check. Knees still hurt. The key now is create new fitness goals. I’ve been slackin.
3. Climb a 14,000′ Mountain. I really want to do this, but my financial situation will really have to change to make it happen.
4. Visit somewhere I’ve never been. See numero 3.
5. Find a full-time job. I’m praying a lot about this. I’m hoping God will provide a clear opportunity. Maybe even an alternative to a full time job that is more in line with my skills/passions.
6. Take at least one graduate course. Researching grad schools today, actually.
7. Read 40 books. I’m up to about 15, with Forgotten Ways and Spider and the Elephant in the hopper.
8. Volunteer at least 1 time a month. Had a great time with the families over at Foundation for the Homeless.
9. Pay off all debt, except school loans. Slowly but surely.
10. Share my faith regularly. I’ve had two really awesome chances to talk about my faith with non-believers recently. I’m praying for God to send others to follow up on that.
11. Begin leading and/or hosting a regular gathering for skeptics and Christians to study the Bible. Taking a big step in this direction this weekend. Definitely could use your prayers.
12. Write daily, including journaling, blogging and working on a book. Getting a little better at this, though there are more missing dates on my calendar than I’d like.
Tags: 12 Plans for 2010, 40 Books in 2010
Posted by Chris on May 3, 2010 in
Life At the beginning of each month I’m sharing about some plans I’ve made, with the hope it will hold me accountable. What are your plans this year?
1. Read the whole Bible. Still at it. Officially one month behind on my schedule, but I’ve got time to catch up, right?
2. Run a full marathon. Check. Knees still hurt. The key now is create new fitness goals. I’ve been slackin.
3. Climb a 14,000′ Mountain. Thinking end of August. No idea how to make this work.
4. Visit somewhere I’ve never been. Well, the two conferences I wanted to go this year have come and gone…so I need a new plan.
5. Find a full-time job. I’m praying a lot about this. I’m hoping God will provide a clear opportunity. Maybe even an alternative to a full time job that is more in line with my skills/passions.
6. Take at least one graduate course. Circled fall semester on the calendar. Still have some serious debt to pay off to make it happen.
7. Read 40 books. Knocked a few more out in April. Reviews soon.
8. Volunteer at least 1 time a month. Worked with the children’s ministry at church this month, but I’m not sure whether or not to count that. Some cool opportunities coming in May.
9. Pay off all debt, except school loans. I have got one big bill still holding me back. Plotting to pull all the stops and pay it off this summer.
10. Share my faith regularly. Had a cool convo tonight actually. I’m praying for more boldness in this category.
11. Begin leading and/or hosting a regular gathering for skeptics and Christians to study the Bible. Not there yet. More prayer needed, and less timidity.
12. Write daily, including journaling, blogging and working on a book. Really slacked on this in April.
Tags: 12 Plans for 2010, 40 Books in 2010
