Habits
As it has been over a month since my last blog posting, I have been thinking a lot about habits. There are good habits such as regular prayer as I have been reading about in the book "Confessions of a Prayer Slacker" by Diane Moody. There are bad habits such as smoking. Trying to write this blog has been a study of habits for me. When I am doing the blog weekly it is an easy habit to keep up, but when I am home and there is little to talk about since I am actually talking to most of you I don't do it and when I try to start back up it is a struggle to find my blog voice again. Also many of you have pointed out that I have not been in the habit of doing the Barnabas Bear newsletters or stories after the first year. So I pledge to do a better job of keeping in the habit of my blogs and including Barnabas this year. The trip home this year was again a great joy and chance to recharge my batteries as I commit to another two years (the max allowed through the Unite