Talk about a hard question to answer...the others to this point have been ones that could be more at a distance - reflections upon more external issues, but with some measure of an internal. This one is more focused on me and the ways that I have been created, gifted, the experiences I have gained, and how I share these things. For me, I think the primary thing that I hope is that I am contributing to the whole. I want to live in such a way as there is purpose in what I am doing and meaning in what I do - whether that is as a follower of Jesus, as a husband, as a father, as a friend, as a pastor. One of the central passages of the Bible for me comes from Jeremiah 29:11 - "For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope."