AUTHOR: Robin Dugall DATE: 4:50:00 PM ----- BODY:

Welcome to a new year faithful blogsphere! For those of you who are joining me in my journey, I'm glad you dropped in. I'm going to make a new promise for a new year...regular posts! You read that right...regular posts. Truthfully, more than one a week or a month...may I even dare say "daily"? We'll see...that's my intention...now for the proof.
What will the new year bring? That's what walking by faith is all about...we are in a new place in our lives with new dreams and hopes for what God is doing and about to do. We're simply going to try to plug in with His-story...jump on His bandwagon and find our place in the grand narrative of faith. From a speculative perspective, here are the types of things that I'm seeking...the reason I'm knocking loudly on the door of my King:
1. The realization of new community for our lives in Eagle, Idaho. We're trying out some new dynamics of the Revolution...attempting to realize the dynamics we have always prayed that we would experience. Here's to the new community and new adventures!
2. A renewed vision for the Youth Leadership Institute...I'm getting the feeling that God isn't finished with our vision of enabling and equipping a new generation of difference makers for the Kingdom. As we embark on a new year, we are looking to Philippians 1:6 to inspire our conferences and ministry this year...God isn't through with YLI yet!
3. Exploration into what some of us in our new community are calling "Transfer Ministries". In providing resources for an emerging generation of those who desire to make an impact on this world for the Kingdom, "Transfer" will be exploring video and creative resources, training events, local realization of ministry and profound personal impact. More to come here...
4. New babies (for Mark and Tiff), new healing (for Abby), first steps (for Mya), first words (for our special K), new decisions for Aaron, new lives in Idaho for the LeFevres and Martinis...wow, a year of newness!
5. In July, I'll finally make it through the doctoral program...don't even begin to think that you'll be addressing me as "Dr. Dugall"...not what I envision unless it is going to net me some cash! Sorry, I had one moment of greed!
6. My wonderful wife, Vicky and I will celebrate our 14th anniversary this year...I'm praying for even more fulfillment than we have already experienced in spades. There is nothing that will bring God glory more than us experiencing the most dynamic marriage possible. Not only is it good for us but it is God's way of showing His love to be real and powerful...I don't know, Jesus said something about people knowing about His love through our love for each other...didn't He?
So, join me, will ya? I'll be looking forward to your comments, questions, and observations.
By the way, books that are inspiring me this new year:
Emerging Churches - Gibbs and Bolger (maybe the best overview on the market of what some call, "the Emergent Movement"
NT Wright - Paul - nothing more needs to be said about this powerful summary of some of the key themes in pauline studies
David Fitch - The Great Giveaway - this book and the Shaping of Things to Come are powerful paradigm shifters
Embracing Grace - Scot McKnight - I want to be this guy's best friend - in fact, he's coming to our YLI TEAM 1 conference @ APU this summer (July 7-15)
Take a listen to Derek Webb's "Mockingbird" as well as some of Sufjan Stevens stuff (thanks to Pistol Pete for that recommendation)
Oh and don't forget Christ the Lord by Anne Rice and Walt Brueggeman's book on the Spirituality of the Psalms
Watch the movie "Crash", "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "To End all Wars", and of course, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".
I'm going to stop there, lucky for you!

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