I know, I know. I don’t look a day older than 64. And as of this writing and the picture to your right, I’m not. This has been a wonderful year. Several great events happened. First, I made it another year, heart stints and all. During the early part of the year I finished my Doctor of Ministry project and then graduated from George Fox University in April. Actually, today in 2003 I started that doctoral journey.

I have always liked helping others and one of the great delights has been to coach a fellow cohortian from GFU through his dissertation. His penultimate will be turned in August 28, the deadline, Lord willin’ and the creeks don’t rise! In addition, I helped two other friends get their book finished for their publisher and now it’s out.

In addition, I have been added to the part-time faculty of Bakke Graduate University in Seattle. So all in all, it has been a pretty good year since I last had a birthday.