Happy 2011!

It's going to be so weird to see 2011 written everywhere. And just as we were all getting used to writing 2010 from coming from 2009! : ) I have to date everything I do for school, so it's going to be hard to get used to.

I got to sleep in until ten this morning! I had a great time with a bunch of friends last night, and I hope you did too. I think my dad would be okay if you tell me in the comments how your New Year's Eve was.

I'm not really a fan of new year's resolutions, because while they can be good, especially if it's something like deepening your relationship with God or getting rid of a certain sin, they usually aren't goals that we think about throughout the rest of the year, and we make them only to boast about what we think we can get done. So I'm not going to make a resolution, but my prayer is that God will bless this blog and bless all of my readers as I try to honor Him in all I do with it.

Thank you all again for being faithful readers, and hopefully, I can keep this blog going for all of 2011. Please comment!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

So today's the big day.

I hope you all have a great day celebrating with family and friends. Just remember to remember the real reason for the season: God the Father gave up His only begotten Son to be given as a child to the world to die for the propitiation of our sins. Jesus Christ has appeased God's wrath and atoned for our sin, paying our ransom, so that we will not suffer eternal punishment in Hell.

As my pastor said last night, we need to remember

1. The who of the manger--Jesus Christ, the sinless, perfect God-man.

2. Why he was in the manger--He didn't just stay in the manger. He was born to die, so that we could one day surrender our lives to Him and He would save us. And He was born to reign over us forever in His eternal kingdom in the new heaven and new earth.

Thank you all for being faithful readers! I've updated the Special Pictures page with some new stuff, some of which you won't find anywhere else, so that's your Christmas present. : )

So in the words of Tiny Tim, "God bless us everyone!"

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yay! This is the first major holiday I've been able to celebrate while I've had this blog! Well, I guess there was Easter, but I didn't mention it, so happy thanksgiving everyone!

I just wanted to let everybody know that

1. I am very thankful for Adventures in Odyssey, even though my reviews can sometimes be negative.
2. I'm thankful that God has allowed it to run for so long and have such a large listening audience.
3. I'm thankful for the lessons that it has taught not just me, but thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of children and their parents.
4. I'm thankful for the amazing talent of the actors and their willingness to do their characters. Some have said that they'd do it even if they didn't get paid anymore.
5. I'm thankful for the writers, who, althougth they sometimes have not as enjoyable stories, continue every year to come out with new, exciting, and valuable episodes.
6. I'm thankful that I was able to start this blog and that my parents have let me go for so long (seven months).
7. And I'm thankful for all of you who keep commenting on and supporting the blog. : D

Thank You, God, and thank you all of my followers and commenters!

(Make sure to listen this weekend for an Adventures in Odyssey episode about Thanksgiving!) (Please comment! :D)