This is the second beginning; a journey forward through the land of mystery confusion and theological quandary. The adventure was attemped on blogger but google didn’t cooperate and the ‘new’ sign in procedure never worked properly. Posts will be made as time permits, with the goal of bi-weekly. As you may know, the life of the church does not allow for much latitude. This is, however, key to sanity. Please read, comment, mutter, and enjoy the self-help this site offers the author. God speed.
and here, is what was written on my first page:
“the beginning of a journey that’s already started. no names will be named, no stories will be regailed that will incriminate, no, this will be the mind dump of a man trying to balance too many things, running the race that Paul ran.
It is selfish. If there is anything of value here for others, so be it, but its purpose in life is to allow for venting and expression of the often insane world of being a new minister. The setting is this: a large, or, rather, struggling to be large, congregation of the reformed persuasion, set in the suburbs of a large east coast city. It is moderate politically and is full of mostly white upper middle class families and retired couples. It is the makings of a story of life and relationships: ones that enrich and ones that eke out and drain the energy of the good spirited and willing. As for me: I’m an urbanite with a heart for justice and the background of a small town. I’m young. Straight from college to seminay to my first ‘call’ as they call it. My stories will be disclosed as time goes on, but please remember that I’m trying to keep my job. The church is not necesarilly always the friendliest place, but it is a beautiful place and where I am supposed to be at this juncture of my life.
I will try to practice writing here with diligence. I need it. My spiritual self needs it.”
