Adventists worldwide share hopes for 2010

Some people at year's end scoff at those who publicly and earnestly resolve to learn from their foibles and faults and, with any luck, bring a double measure of the wisdom and experience gained during the previous year into the new.

The skepticism is often warranted -- countless vows to lose weight, get organized or reinvent oneself often melt away with winter, or earlier. Someone once said, "A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other."

But for some, a new year isn't a resignation to circumstances or challenges; rather it's an opportunity to grow into more generous, genuine and compassionate people.

For the new year, Adventist News Network asked church members and leaders worldwide for their resolutions in three areas: personal, professional and church. Some hope for health and a renewed focus on ministry. Others offered more specific aspirations for the new year, and one contributor sent us quotes that "challenge [him] to grow" instead of resolutions.

We hope their responses encourage you to similarly strive toward, as one of our respondents phrased it, "getting it" in 2010.