As the year comes to a close, I wanted to reflect on some of this years highlights.

• Helped Dr. Hudgins and Dr. Black set up the Greek Portal.
• Became a research assistant for my advisor Dr. David Alan Black, the Dr. M.O. Owens, Jr. Chair of New Testament Studies.
• Read all of Big Bob (A. T. Robertson’s Greek Grammar), BDF (Blass, DeBrunner, and Funk) and Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament (Steven Runge) in three weeks.
• Wrote the first 85 pages of my thesis topic comparing the discourse of the LXX and BHS texts of Jonah.
• Taught 7 sessions of Dr. Black’s Greek Grammar II class at SEBTS.
• Joined an Early Christian Writers study group.
• The birth of my son Elijah Christopher Cerone.
• Provided editorial assistance for Dr. Black’s The Authorship of Hebrews: The Case for Paul. 
• Wrote an essay contending that Eusebius’ use of γράφω and its compounds does not preclude the view that Origen believed that Paul wrote Hebrews by means of an amanuensis.
• Was ordained in the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
• Translated the Letters of Ignatius.
• Read Karen Jobes’ Dissertation The Alpha-Text of Esther, Berlin’s JPS Bible Commentary: Esther, and Fredrick Bush’s Commentary on Esther.
• Translated the Alpha-Text, LXX, BHS, and Vulgate of Esther.
• Digitized and translated into a diglot format the first 5 chapters of the Glossa Ordinaria of Esther.
• Attended SBL and met a number of great people. You know who you are.
• Taught 5 students Greek Grammar I and II at my local church (we still have 3-5 class left in the new year).
• Drastically improved my ability to read and work in biblical Greek and ecclesiastical Latin.
• Creating a reading group for Chrysostom’s Homilies on Philippians.
• Started translating Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae. Thank you to everyone that bought me this set for Christmas and birthday.

Here’s to hoping for a productive 2014.