I haven’t posted very often in the first two months of being married, but I hope to resume this summer.  I have been busy with several things:

• I finished my contributions for the Encyclopedia of American Veterans, to be published by Greenwood Press.
• I’ve also been working on revising papers in hopes of getting them published.
• I’ve been studying for the GRE in hopes of getting into graduate school. I’ve also been narrowing down the list of graduate schools to which I might apply.
• As usual, I’ve been teaching Sunday school, going through Romans. I will also preach next week.
• I started a new job at BJU’s Mack Library working as the reference librarian.
• I’ve started doing freelance work for Discover the Book Ministries, a Christian publisher in Tulsa. I’ve been writing study guide questions for a new devotional book.
• I’ve managed to do some reading, but not the sustained reading into public history and American religious history that I had intended.

Perhaps just as important, Abby and I have been enjoying an Epic Movie Summer with Kellen and Anna Beth Funk. At least once a week, we get together to share a meal and watch an epic movie. For now, we’re watching The Lord of the Rings in six parts, but we may continue with other epics if there is more summer to last. Of all the things that we do the summer, enjoying the company of our friends may well be among the most important.

Abby would like me to add that she has been busy preparing wonderful meals for me, which is very true. The pile of recipe books borrowed from the library attests to that. Tonight’s entree is a gourmet pizza with the Funks.