{"id":614,"date":"2011-01-03T15:30:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T20:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/?p=614"},"modified":"2011-01-03T15:32:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T20:32:40","slug":"acarlson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/2011\/01\/03\/acarlson\/","title":{"rendered":"With Resolve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2010\/10\/Aune.png\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[614]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-196\" title=\"Aune\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2010\/10\/Aune.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>Aune Carlson &#8211; Youth &amp; Young Adult Ministry, Chicago, IL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the New Year was approaching I began contemplating resolutions \u2013 would I be making any for 2011?<\/p>\n<p>While preparing the blog before heading out of the office last week I was struck with a thought. If you\u2019ve been reading each thing we\u2019ve posted, you probably saw a reflection by Eric Landin (posted 1\/1\/11) entitled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate\/2011\/01\/01\/landin\/\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s Your Story?<\/a>\u201d in which he points out a frustration I have heard among youth workers before \u2013 our students have a dismal, or lack of familiarity with the stories of the Bible and do not see how the Bible relates to life, here and now. <!--more-->Thinking on this I came to determine that I need to personally spend more time reading the Word. Things like \u201cpractice what you preach\u201d and \u201clead by example\u201d and \u201cactions speak louder than words\u201d roll around my head \u2013 and I\u2019m not talking about eye-rolling. Really, there are great tools out there, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\">YouVersion<\/a>, for example that can help me (and you) to do just this.<\/p>\n<p>So, I have determined that it is good and right to make a resolution: <strong>I resolve to read the Bible through, cover-to-cover in 2011<\/strong>. I\u2019m already a few days behind, but there is no time like the present! Will you help keep me accountable in this resolution? Wanna read along with me this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/reading-plans\/all\" target=\"_blank\">year<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youversion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-788\" title=\"YVBanner_65Hx200W\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2011\/01\/YVBanner_65Hx200W.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the article that came through the ECC <a href=\"http:\/\/mu.covchurch.org\/news\/2010\/12\/08\/youversion-twitchange-vie-for-mashable-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newswire<\/a> in December about YouVersion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ywupdate?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=614&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aune Carlson &#8211; Youth &amp; Young Adult Ministry, Chicago, IL As the New Year was approaching I began contemplating resolutions \u2013 would I be making any for 2011? 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