My parents celebrated their 57 year anniversary yesterday. My dad told me tonight that the 58th year has been pretty good so far.

My girl and I heard the Children of the World International Children's Choir this weekend. Wow. We also heard Kay Warren deliver a dramatic message about how her own battles with cancer led to her advocacy for AIDS orphans and others affected by disease.

Let's see. What else? Oh...my husband's car died. We just spent $1,600 fixing it. So something else broke. The mechanics say it isn't worth fixing. It would have been a lot more fun simply to take six $100 dollar bills and torch them.

It's the end of the semester. All the graduates in my classes have turned in their stuff. Now my GTA and I have less than 48 hours to get it all graded and notify the Registrar's office. So why am I updating my blog?

This weekend I am speaking at the Orchard Hills Baptist Church women's retreat until around Saturday noon; then I join the women from my own church for the second half of our church's women's retreat. My former student and good friend Eva Bleeker is speaking and singing. We still have room for more if you live near Dallas and want to come!

I leave for Indianapolis on Monday. The Evangelical Press Association has their board meetings and national convention. I'm in charge of the "issues" track, so I've lined up speakers for the press to hear from on immigration, what an Obama presidency means for the religious community, current issues in medical ethics, and racial reconciliation. Look for some of those topics to show up here within the month.