Every now and then people have this idea that their ideas are something and that they should be heard. This happens to me often. Not that I feel like I have really anything profound or wise to say, but more for the comfort of just writing ideas down and knowing that someone might find comforts in the words that they hear. For me, my prayer is that I don't write out of my wisdom because it is tainted, but that I write out of the wisdom that I receive from God. For "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge", therefore in reverence to God as my knowledge giver flows my desire to share His thoughts that are given to me and to receive other ideas and reflections on the same subjects.
There are a few options that a person can utilize to have their thoughts known.
1. They can write a book. Writing a book requires money and some street cred in the field you are writing. These are two things that I lack.
2. I could obnoxiously stand on a soap box in a crowed public area. Not the most inviting.
3. I can write a blog. It's free, it's easy, and for most of the time non-hostile.
Option three is the route I have chosen... obviously. The problem that I have with writing a blog is putting forth thought and effort and then have no one read it. I realize that this blog will attract a certain group, and I purposefully write this about a subject that I am passionate about and have some knowledge about. It makes for better reading and writing. Therefore, this blog focuses on youth ministry, since that is what I do; Theology, since I believe all people are theologians; and how my life experiences intersect with these two subjects.
With all that laid out I invite whoever wants to keep up to do so and travel along with me through reflections, ideas, statements, and yearnings of the things of God.
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