So I went nearly a week without writing anything at all. Travel, reading, funeral, chuch work, work work, etc., etc. It was easy. Too much other stuff to do. Too worn out. Too emotionally drained.
But things got better (notwithstanding Alabama’s loss to LSU). Things are settling down, and these posts keep popping into my head. But I find it’s kind of nice to be posting every other day rather than every day. I enjoy the slower pace, but it bothers me. You see, I wrote a post regarding a series of comments on sola scriptura, and it has lots of quoted material. I thought I should break it up into three posts, for the sake of size and all. But that means it’ll be the only thing posted for 6 whole days! And I’m afraid that gives greater prominence to the article than it really deserves. In former times, I’d have posted over three days and thrown in some lessons on Ephesians for good measure!
And I really have to catch up my Ephesians posts, because I’m teaching Ephesians and really need to be prepared. I’m about to delve into chapter 5 in class, and preparation will really matter on that chapter!
So I’m not sure I can keep up the slower pace. But I think I really ought to try. (Maybe I should re-run posts from the past in the off days? I got a million of ’em …!)
All of which is to say I’ve not had a vision or any particularly clear sense of direction, other than the fact that I find myself drawn inexorably toward the keyboard once again, and my fingers keep typing when I get there. God doesn’t always work on my time schedule. He can be quite annoying that way, you know. But I would definitely prefer to be typing away while awaiting further guidance, if further guidance there is to be. And maybe it’s enough to know that I’m not out of ideas, the fingers still insist on typing, and I still enjoy this. At a slower pace. For now.
Prove inerrancy or reject it. Quit riding the fence. You now that so long as we hold on to that antiquated doctrine that has no proof for it and has been disproved a million times the church will just devolve into more and more Phariseeism. Quit playing games.
Prove inerrancy or reject it. Quit riding the fence. You now that so long as we hold on to that antiquated doctrine that has no proof for it and has been disproved a million times the church will just devolve into more and more Phariseeism. Quit playing games.
My wife has the same issues with shopping at the mall…:) She tries to break free totally but just can't seem to do it….It MUST be a divine gift imparted on her, right ? !!
It'll take more than a week to complete the withdrawal process!!
Perhaps you could begin a series on sharing our faith. We all realize how busy we have allowed our lives to become and how successful we are at squeezing God out of our lives as He does not compete with our appetite for entertainment. I believe that God has created all of us with the ability to speak with excitement about anything that interests us. If that's true, then why is it so diffucult for us to share Jesus with others? Certainly this is why the church isn't growing in this country as it once did. Thanks for your dedication to wiriting.
Tony
Jay
Years ago, I tried to way away from what God has clearly gifted me to do because I was discouraged and had become selfish (not suggesting that those are reasons for your sabbatical). I learned alot of lessons in that experience; of all the foremost was this: One cannot walk away from his calling without totally shutting out the voice of God.
I look forward to your continued work – a work that impacts the lives of those way way over yonder.
In surfing terms you need to ride a long board for a while. You still paddle out but you need to find the right point break or sandbar to hit it the way the board loves to be ridden. It needs a longer shoulder, a face that you have to lovingly arch out onto instead of slicing and jamming off of. Rather than going for the aerial launch you will ease up into a stall, tuck into the "Pope's Green Room" for the light to rain down on you. Laughing then you'll walk out to the nose and hang 5 because God's given you this special wave of the day. Ride it like wave, Jay.
Writing is that one, some of us can't keep from it.
Beware of the dysfunctional side when we neglect things that we should not.
Neal,
Beautiful! But what on earth is the Pope's Green Room? Google found nothing.