New Year's resolutions are dumb. Spiritual resolutions are not. Let me offer an example from history; the well known Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan Edwards was an 18th century pastor and theologian -- arguably the best America has ever produced. When he was a young man, 19 years old, he began to write “Resolutions,” begun in 1722. These he expanded throughout his lifetime as a means of intentional spiritual formation. They were carefully thought out and designed to
