conversation

We have to test everything. I thank God for anybody anywhere who is pointing people to the mysteries of God.
But those people would all tell you to think long and hard about what they are saying and doing and creating. Test it. Probe it. Do that to this book. Don’t swallow it uncritically. Think about it. Wrestle with it. Just because I’m a Christian and I’m trying to articulate a Christian worldview doesn’t mean I’ve got it nailed. I’m contributing to the discussion. ~ Rob Bell

so i am very new at this... by this i am referring to the culture phenomenon known as "blogging" and by new i mean this post is my very first.  i have often wondered why people decide to write down their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on a neatly decorated background for the world (or at least the people with enough time on their hands, who know them, and care what they have to say) to read.  there are three reasons why i have joined the blogging world:

my sister

velvet elvis

ms. freeman

reading my sister's blog has not only made me proud of having a sister so talented and insightful, but has challenged me to join the discussion rob bell talks about in his look at christian faith, velvet elvis.   ms. freeman, my senior english teacher, cracked open a door that in the past 5 years has flown open... a door that led to my love for writing and my love for reading.  so here i am. adding to a conversation that i pray is going on in your life; at the dinner table, over peppermint mochas at Starbucks, on long evening walks, or in the spaces and time you and those around you have set aside to simply be together.  in no way do i claim to be an expert, a wise man who people should stop and stand in awe of his insightful and inspiring words... i am just me. and just what exactly does that mean?

i have a deep love for life, for the people who i am blessed to live beside, for the laughter that somehow continually surrounds me, and for the God i truly believe brings all of these three things, life, laughter, and relationships, together in beautiful harmony.

my hope for this blog is simply to discuss what i am learning about life, love, laughter and maybe a little faith... to add my part to the conversation.