Here we go, two of the most unique “resolutions” for 2012.

Because they happened while we were all still in our Christmas stupor, you may have missed these two ironically intertwined stories, people who have strangely opposite New Year’s resolutions.

On the one side, you have California, always a place for progressive “improvement.”  Along with a new state law requiring a prescription for NyQuil, public school students can now look forward to learning state mandated “gay history.”

Meanwhile, over in Tennessee, a private Christian school just might be catching more flack than the Kentucky church that banned (and quickly un-banned) interracial couples last month…by banning any mention of homosexuality.

The funny thing is both California and the Christians have it wrong.  So, so wrong.

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Are you ready for a new year of blogging?

I know I am.  I spent the last week doing a lot of thinking, and I’ve got lots of ideas for the coming months for making this blog better, broadening the content and including new perspectives.  Good stuff.

Before we get to all that though, we’ve got to lay down some ground rules for the new year.  Yeah, I know.  Monday, I said that your only necessary resolution was to think.  Well I’ve done some of the thinking for you already.  Follow my advice, and you’ll be off to a great start.

See, blogging and social media is maturing as a platform for ideas.  What was just some emo kids with Xanga pages a few years ago is now a democratized exchange of ideas and information.  But there are just some annoying habits that are still hanging on, some things bloggers need to let go of in the new year.

So, here are my blogging resolutions for this year.  I hope you and the rest of blog-dom can embrace them too to make blogging better and less annoying for everyone.

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Hey everyone, I’m back! (Along with most of blog-ville).

Hard to believe, but this may be the last time any of us make any New Year’s resolutions…if those sneaky Mayans have their way.  Why aren’t any of the Presidential contenders discussing how to win the war on Mayans.  Ron Paul, I’m looking at you, sir.

So how did 2011 turn out for you?

You probably had some victories and some defeats like me.  You may have had some prayers answered, some unanswered.  365 days ago, you probably set some goals that you either don’t remember today, or you remember how you failed miserably.

Rinse and repeat.  But it doesn’t have to be that way.  Why make the same, pointless resolutions when you can make one that will actually stick.

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Yep, this is it!  My last blog post of 2011.

A lot has happened in a year.  I don’t often look back over my blog archives, so I’m always surprised at what was on my mind twelve months ago.

I just want to take this chance to thank you, my beloved readers and commenters.  This blog is truly as good as it is because of the contributions you make to it each week.  My words are just the springboard for the real conversation.  And I still thrive on the emails, Facebook messages and tweets you send my way.  I am thankful for all of you and the time and thoughts you’ve shared with me.  I’m looking forward to another fun year of blogging, starting on January 2.  I hope each of you has a very good Christmas season and you feel as blessed as I do.

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Hey peeps!

Well, 2011 has almost come to a close.  It’s been a great year, and I’d like to think it’s had its share of good blogging.

This Friday will be my last post of the year.  I’ll be taking next week off to chill with family, play video games an inordinate amount of time, and do some catch up reading on my favorite blogs.

I’ll also be spending some time thinking about what kinds of special things I can do here on the blog in the next few months.  Most of what you read is not planned out that far.  I don’t know about you, but I’m doing really great if I know on Sunday what the week will look like on the blog.  99% of what you read what written just a day or two before.  It’s how I stay “topical” and “relevant,” and “dynamic,” and a bunch of other meaningless and idiotic catch phrases that Christians and bloggers use.  But special things and guest posts have to be given some advanced thought.

So here’s what I’m thinking.  I’d like to give you the chance to help me write some cool stuff in 2012.

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What makes a day in your life?

If you didn’t catch Ridley Scott’s Life in a Day when it was released, it’s now on Netflix.  It’s that movie made of hundreds of home movies from all over the world, clipped together, to make a complete picture of human life in one day.  People sleep, go about their morning routines, play with their kids, go to work, worship and pray, have dinner with family, and all the other imaginable human activities.

It’s kind of a remarkable movie, if only because it’s a film made of a bunch of smaller films that no one would ever want to watch.

But it also made me think.  What does a day in my life look like?  What about yours?

And more importantly is this: Christians boast that Jesus is the most important part of our lives.  But is he this most important part of our days?

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