{"id":5667,"date":"2023-01-01T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/?p=5667"},"modified":"2023-01-03T17:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:07:22","slug":"461-2022-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/461-2022-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"#461: 2022 In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is <em>mark Joseph &#8220;young&#8221;<\/em> blog entry #461, on the subject of <em>2022 In Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5668\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png 395w, http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Each year I try to post an index of everything I published in the previous year.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve done it before, obviously, so working backwards you can find previous years (and in the early days of the web log, partial years) at: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/435-hindsight-is-2021\/\">#435:&nbsp; Hindsight is 2021<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/371-the-twenty-twenty-twenty-twenty\/\">#371:&nbsp; The Twenty-Twenty Twenty\/Twenty<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/325-the-2019-recap\/\">#325:&nbsp; The 2019 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/278-the-2018-recap\/\">#278:&nbsp; The 2018 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/219-a-2017-retrospective\/\">#219:&nbsp; A 2017 Retrospective<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/150-2016-retrospective\/\">#150:&nbsp; 2016 Retrospective<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/70-writing-backwards-and-forwards\/\">#70:&nbsp; Writing Backwards and Forwards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/34-happy-old-year\/\">#34:&nbsp; Happy Old Year<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been an unusually productive year&#8211;in the sense that it has been productive in unusual ways.&nbsp; In the wake of the release last year of my comprehensive apologetics book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/publish\/believe.html\">Why I Believe<\/a><\/em> from Dimensionfold Publishing, they put to print my summary of time travel theory, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/publish\/time.html\">The Essential Guide to Time Travel:&nbsp; Temporal Anomalies &amp; Replacement Theory<\/a><\/em>, and republished three earlier books, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/publish\/trust.html\">Do You Trust Me?<\/a><\/em> summarizing salvation by faith as the only way of salvation ever, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/publish\/expect2.html\">What Does God Expect?&nbsp; A Gospel-based Approach to Christian Conduct<\/a><\/em> about living a Christian life without following rules, and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/publish\/fruit2.html\">About the Fruit<\/a><\/em>, a study of the famous passage in Galatians and its place in that book and in the history of the first century church.&nbsp; There is a long list of pending titles moving toward publication next year, beginning with a printed collection of the <em>Faith in Play<\/em> series&#8211;more on that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were twelve entries in that series this year, including several on archetypes, a few on bringing divine acts into the game, some about spirits and the afterlife, and a couple about Christianity and role playing games.&nbsp; The companion series, <em>RPG-ology<\/em>, also slated to be compiled and released in book form next year, gave us eight recovered <em>Game Ideas <\/em>Un<em>limited<\/em> articles from the old Gaming Outpost series, plus one more originally in the e-zine <em>Daedalus<\/em>, and a few new suggestions for running games.&nbsp; All of those are indexed at the Christian Gamers Guild, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/christian-gamers-guild.org\/wp\/blog\/mjyoung\/2022-at-the-christian-gamers-guild-reviewed\/\">2022 At the Christian Gamers Guild Reviewed<\/a><\/em>, along with a few other articles at that site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were also many posts on the Chaplain&#8217;s Bible Study, which finished the Gospel According to John and began working on <a href=\"http:\/\/christian-gamers-guild.org\/wp\/blog\/mjyoung\/the-christian-gamers-guild-bible-study-begins-the-gospel-according-to-mark\/\">Mark<\/a>, along with several <em>Musings<\/em> posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Multiverser<\/em> novels continued in serialized form, finishing the eighth, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/stories\/novel08\/VIII000.html\">In Verse Proportion<\/a><\/em>, featuring Joe Kondor, Bob Slade, and Derek Brown, and starting the ninth, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/stories\/novel09\/IX000.html\">Con Verse Lea<\/a><\/em>, with the return of Lauren Hastings, Tomiko Takano, and James Beam.&nbsp; These were accompanied by behind-the-writings peeks as <em>mark Joseph &#8220;young&#8221;<\/em> web log posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/437-characters-relate\/\">#437:&nbsp; Characters Relate<\/a><\/em>, covering chapters 22 through 42 of <em>In Verse Proportion<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/440-changing-worlds\/\">#440:&nbsp; Changing Worlds<\/a><\/em>, covering chapters 43 through 63 of <em>In Verse Proportion<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/443-versers-acclimate\/\">#443:&nbsp; Versers Acclimate<\/a><\/em>, covering chapters 64 through 84 of <em>In Verse Proportion<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/448-inventive-versers\/\">#448:&nbsp; Inventive Versers<\/a><\/em>, covering chapters 85 through 105 of <em>In Verse Proportion<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/452-versers-ready\/\">#452:&nbsp; Versers Ready<\/a><\/em>, covering chapters 106 through 126 of <em>In Verse Proportion<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/456-versers-prepare\/\">#456:&nbsp; Versers Prepare<\/a><\/em>, covering chapters 127 through 147 of <em>In Verse Proportion<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/460-versers-reorganize\/\">#460:&nbsp; Versers Reorganize<\/a><\/em>, covering chapters 1 through 17 of <em>Con Verse Lea<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In collaboration with author Eric R. Ashley, I&#8217;ve got the tenth and eleventh books fully drafted, and we have started on the twelfth.&nbsp; I also posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/stories\/support\/index.html\">updated character sheets<\/a> for Joseph Kondor, Robert Slade, Derek Brown, Lady Shella, Ezekiel Smith, and Amira Vashti, and am working on the next set of these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The web log also posted eleven songs&#8211;not twelve, because due to government red tape tangles I was off line for a full month, but it only cost us a bit.&nbsp; We saw, and heard (there are audio files linked from the pages which contain the lyrics and a story behind the song) including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"32\">\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/436-the-song-trust-him-again\/\">#436:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;Trust Him Again&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/438-the-song-even-you\/\">#438:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;Even You&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/441-the-song-fork-in-the-road\/\">#441:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;Fork in the Road&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/442-the-song-call-to-worship\/\">#442:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;Call to Worship&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/445-the-song-how-many-times\/\">#445:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;How Many Times&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/447-the-song-when-i-was-lonely\/\">#447:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;When I Was Lonely&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/450-the-song-rainy-days\/\">#450:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;Rainy Days&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/453-the-song-never-alone\/\">#453:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;Never Alone&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/455-the-song-king-of-glory\/\">#455:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;King of Glory&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/457-the-song-greater-love\/\">#457:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;Greater Love&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/458-the-song-all-i-need\/\">#458:&nbsp; The Song &#8220;All I Need&#8221;<\/a><\/em>;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Other web log posts included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/439-corpoises-toward-a-story\/\">#439:&nbsp; Corpoises:&nbsp; Toward a Story<\/a><\/em>, tossing out some early ideas for a horror story someone asked me to write, as yet unfinished.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/444-ability-versus-popularity\/\">#444:&nbsp; Ability Versus Popularity<\/a><\/em>, explaining why awards given for being best as voted by the public tell nothing of the ability of the recipients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/446-the-religious-freedom-abortion-argument\/\">#446:&nbsp; The Religious Freedom Abortion Argument<\/a><\/em>, addresses the claim that laws limiting abortion impinge on the religious rights of some people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/449-cruel-and-unusual\/\">#449:&nbsp; Cruel and Unusual<\/a><\/em>, critiques the strategy of boycotting drug companies that provide drugs for lethal injection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/451-the-bethel-hillsong-music-controversy\/\">#451:&nbsp; The Bethel\/Hillsong Music Controversy<\/a><\/em>, discusses whether and when to boycott Christian artists for supposed heresy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/454-in-re-comes-the-storm\/\">#454:&nbsp; In Re:&nbsp; Comes the Storm<\/a><\/em>, a review of a book of devotional poetry requested by the publisher.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/index.php\/459-publication-anticipation\/\">#459:&nbsp; Publication Anticipation<\/a><\/em>, looks at my recently published books, and the long list of books coming in the days ahead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a new analysis added to the <em>Temporal Anomalies<\/em> site, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/time\/history.html\">Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies unravels The History of Time Travel<\/a><\/em>, a clever mockumentary in which time travel was never invented because its inventor prevented it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those upcoming books include compilations of the first five years of articles in the <em>Faith in Play<\/em> and <em>RPG-ology<\/em> series, plus a book of collected essays on role playing games, and then I hope to see a series of commentaries on the New Testament, one book at a time.&nbsp; I began with Romans a decade and a half ago, worked my way through the end of Revelation, then doubled back to do John, Mark, and Matthew, and am currently working on Luke.&nbsp; after that, I will be going through Acts, which will complete the New Testament hopefully within my lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the web, I have a few <em>Faith in Play<\/em> and <em>RPG-ology<\/em> entries queued to post and a couple more waiting for me to set them up.&nbsp; There will be more web log posts, and hopefully I&#8217;ll get to some of the time travel movies I&#8217;ve noted are available on various web streaming services.&nbsp; Of course, the novels continue, and the Bible Study will be around for a while yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/m.j._young\/\">Instagram<\/a> account, and early in the year I decided to post some of my <em>Gazebos in the Wild<\/em> photos to it, along with some other things there.&nbsp; They are mostly in the categories of nonsense or personal, but you&#8217;re welcome to look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who wish to stay current on what is being posted can get that from my social media outlets, but particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/MJYoung\">Patreon<\/a>, where I announce everything that posts on the day it posts, other than the Bible Study; and the Goodreads web log <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/20934774.Mark_Joseph_Young\/blog\">The Ides of Mark<\/a><\/em> which publishes twice a month and includes the Bible Study posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also still more songs to come, and one should be released later today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is mark Joseph &#8220;young&#8221; blog entry #461, on the subject of 2022 In Review. 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