First Post From The Middle
Ever since I left Hume, my life has been in disrepair. Actually, that’s not fair. It’s been in disrepair for some years now. Sad how we only see such things from the outside–from a lacking perspective. I’ve wanted to journal the process for my posterity–as much as from a desire to share key moments with my best friends (yes, you are that if you have this link) as to remember it myself. This is my ebeneezer.I’ll be reconstructing some of the better moments and deeper thoughts (all three of them) from along the way. Enjoy our conversations (even if they are one-sided). Email me your responses (or comment below). Let’s not lose contact. Please.
There are bound to be up and downs expressed here. It’s a life we’re sharing–not a sitcom. I can tell you it ends well––happily and fully complete––but you’re stepping in somewhere in the middle, so please walk on the rug in the middle of the room and keep your hands off the ancient furniture (Jamie). I don’t pretend that any of my words here are complete, right or even biblical. They’re just thoughts. This is my own ongoing dialog, assessing the last months of my life and the journey God has drawn me to.
I invite you to read my thoughts, not because you need to hear them, but because you are my closest friends and family and share a significant place in my life and I desire to be open to you in a way that can begin a conversation that benefits us both/all. My goal and prayer for this discussion is that encouragement will be mutually found and that God will be glorified in this expression of all that He is doing.
Please be free to share your comments, even criticisms, as you see with greater perspective and experience things I can barely describe, let alone convey to another.
Forgive me the formal tone of these writings. For whatever reason, this is the “voice” I journal in, and I’ve seen this formalism strengthened as I’ve read much from Henri Nouwen lately and have felt the influence of his tone in my writings and thoughts.
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