Update

It's been some time since I've given an update for my half a dozen or so faithful blog readers. Here's what's been keeping me from blogging more often:

(1) This fall I started my PhD in Religion (theology) at Baylor University. So, we moved the family down to Waco, TX, in August and have been since enduring the heat. I'm currently in the middle of the following courses:

(a) Christian Anthropology / Karl Barth, taught by Jonathan Tran.
(b) Christology, taught by Peter Candler.
(c) Pauline Theology, taught by Bruce Longenecker.
(d) Reading colloquium on John Henry Newman, led by Ralph Wood.

So far it's been both stimulating and challenging. (If anyone has any paper ideas on the above topics, let me know!)

(2) We have been attending Hope Fellowship in Waco, an Anabaptist affiliated house church. (It's a bit deceiving calling it a "house church," since there are about 80 people involved and an intricate leadership and decision-making structure. It's more like a church that happens to meet in a big, old house.)

(3) Instead of blogging here, I've written some guest blogs on other sites, including:

(a) A two part blog on rules for theological discourse about the afterlife, posted on Scot McKnight's Jesus Creed blog (see part one and two).
(b) A couple separate blogs on the CBE Scroll (see here and here). The first one was reposted on Jesus Creed as well, where it generated quite a bit of discussion (see here).

(4) I've co-edited a book with my friend Jared Burkholder on the relationship between evangelicalism and Anabaptism. It's called The Activist Impulse: Essays on the Intersection of Evangelicalism and Anabaptism and should be out early 2012 through Pickwick Publications. The best part about it is that it has essays by some great friends of mine, including Joel Boehner, Matt Eaton, Tim Erdel, John Roth, and others. I also contribute an essay on how an evangelical use of Scripture can lead to an Anabaptist approach to ethics--particularly the ethics of war. Keep an eye out for this title, and be sure to buy it when it comes out!

(5) Last but certainly not least, Andrea and I are expecting our second child on April 25!

Needless to say, my blogging will continue to take a back seat into the foreseeable future.