Time to admit that (1) I'm not going to post the next part of the Toby Mac post (but that I learned something important in the process of NOT doing it...one being that i like to START conversations not FINISH them) and (2) I want to blog for me, to catalog ideas and leave open the possibility of connecting with others who resonate with what I post.
We wander in a thorny maze,
A vale of doubts and fears;
A night illumed with sickly rays,
A wilderness of tears:
We wander, bound to empty show,
The slaves of boasted will;
We wander, dupes to hope untrue,
And love to wander still.
We wander--while unfading joy
The heart will not approve,
The bliss that sparkles to destroy,
Secures its warmest love:
Some syren leads our steps astray,
But speaks no peace within;
We wander in a flowery way,
We wander, heirs of sin.
We wander--but though oft we roam,
Led by allurement strong,
Yet from our heavenly Father's home,
We would not wander long:
Cleanse us, O Saviour! from this stain
In mercy's living flood;
Restore the lost, and bring again
The wanderer back to GOD.
My blogging time recently has been spent on an internal blog (more of a message board) about our summer worship services at Trinity. I'm also wondering about the the next step in my writing/blogging, specifically how to focus this blog topically and be more intentional about attracting traffic. Why? I'm not sure really, other than it feels like right direction.
I'm finding myself drawn to (or entrenched in) three areas - guitar/music (I'd be a gear head if I had the money), deconstructing church/Christianity (the possibilities of the future church inspire me), and student ministry (whatever that is; Mike King and Andrew Root keep me hooked in).
Now, a dose of inspiration. I dare anyone to watch all 6 minutes of this and not be open to (1) there is a God and (2) that, as Willie Young suggests, when the time comes, God might just appear to us as an african-american woman.
(Do not be deterred by the fragile quality of this video. It is a remarkable document. Mahalia sang this at the March on Washington just before Dr. King gave the "I Have a Dream" speech.)
I have been focusing on getting my final semester at Drew set up and as a result not blogging as much. What seems important about this is the energy distribution from one place to another. It will be important for me to watch after I finish my degree in the Spring and Summer. This may simply be a function of time limitations, but it feels more complicated than that.
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