Today I talked to my mentor (who maintains a weblog here) and he gave me a hard time about the fact that I wasn't blogging. The truth is that I just haven't had much energy for any sort of writing or analysis lately. That's not to say that I shouldn't write—just that writing seems like way too much work.

This is pretty unusual for me--I'm strongly opinionated, and usually interested in expressing my opinions. I think the problem may really be that all of my intellectual energy has gone into sermon preparation of late. Between pastoring my church and my full time job, and my four small children, what's left? But, I will try to do better. I should probably warn everyone at the outset that my major interest at the moment is centered on economics--so get ready for some long, boring, technical posts.