Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

So, this is new.

I have a blog, after much inner turmoil and debate.

I didn't want to get a blog at first, and I don't really want one now. It would be a more accurate reflection to say that even though I probably do want one, I question its necessity.

Here we go. Let me describe how my blog posts will look if I write them stream-of-consciousness style: ramblings describing inner thought-processes, clarification of intent, a brief "I guess what I'm really trying to say is..., and finally, closure.

When I think about it, that's usually how a conversation with me goes. And should it be any different on a blog? I'm all about being intentionally real in our age of fakeness, or at least I would like to think that I am. And in my attempt to be real, and use technology, not letting it use me, I will continue to write blogs as if I were talking to you, the reader. Whoever you are. This will inevitably lead to mistakes in syntax and argument construction. I'm not writing a book, however. (But what is the purpose of a blog? and of a book? I guess that's another post. Oh dear, I might change my mind about how I write these rather quickly...but that's what happens when you start thinking, isn't it?)

So here it is. My first blog post. The world isn't saved, and your life is not completely changed. But maybe some of what I have to say is edifying for someone. That's my prayer. And that's my assumption in creating a blog (and why we create blogs is another post).

Happy Sabbath and a Growthful week of Ordinary Time in this Season after Pentecost! May the God of hope fill you with peace and Joy in believing through our Lord, Jesus Christ, and may the Spirit sustain you through the coming week.