Recent Comments ARCHIVE - Love writes a letter to Hate - 19 things I want RUF to be about - Time to Start - Casa Hogar 2 - Casa Hogar 2 - Casa Hogar 1 - End of the Semester Report - A poem by Nicole Rowlette - Mexico - Poem by Anthony Plopper - My Poem - Patty Griffin Rocks My House - End of the Decade - The Gospel by Tim Keller - Sex by Marva Dawn - The Interviews - Becky Robertson - The Interviews - Katie Willis - The Interviews - Ian Puffenberger - The Interviews - The Moyni - The Interviews - Chris Schaefer		End of the Decade 1/9/10 I've been trying to think about the last ten years and come up with some highlights and heartaches for the decade. I remember sitting in my parents' house at midnight 2000 waiting to see if the end of the world was really happening. I had been through some of this before. I'd been duped by the 89 reasons in 1989 pamphlet during that year. I'd been pretty convinced of those arguments, but they were all proven untrue eventually (as you can see). This time I was more cynical. We didn't buy the hype, so we watched the ball drop, flipped the channels and all made it safely into the 2000s. Prince played a lot on tv. I had finished 2. 5 years of seminary by that point. In the 1990s I'd graduated from college, gotten married, had three kids, moved several times and that's about all I can remember. So what about the 2000s? Highlights In somewhat chronological order Graduated from Covenant Seminary - May 2001 Moved to Norman, Ok to start RUF at OU - June 2001 Anna Grace Serven born - August 2001 Ordained as a pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America - Sept 2001 TwentySomeone was published with coauthor Craig Dunham - 2003 Was involved (Julie did most of the work) in helping start Veritas Classical Academy. Our kids still go there and we love it. Started taking family vacations (to Montana, Wash DC, Michigan and Boston) Got a Master's of Professional Writing Degree from OU - 2007 Celebrated 10th and 15th wedding anniversaries with Julie Whole family walks to U2 concert in Norman - Oct 2009 Did about 25-30 weddings which is always awesome - who will be next? Started playing racquetball again Saw a lot of students love Jesus and his church Ran my first marathon in 2007 and another one with Julie Nov 2009 So many friends and people we love Great conversations and laughter in our house and on our porch Getting into board games Heartaches Not really in any order Had two dogs die in 2009, one especially beloved (Happy) Seeing many friends' marriages end in divorce Spiritual and church crises Not getting more books published (we're working on them) OU losing three national championship games during the 2000s Mizzou's losses are always difficult but really unexpected There is a pain of lost dreams and broken relationships Friends moving away, students moving away Injuries, cars, house problems - ah just life but they bother me too much Name: (optional) 1/11/10 9:29 pm Craig: Fun list, Serven (and glad to have made it). You had a good decade, methinks.