Dear Reader:
Before you decide to sink your teeth into this blog, you should know one slightly important thing: I am not a blogger. This means that I won’t be cranking out daily, weekly, or even always monthly updates. And it means that I reserve the right to champion the cause of bunny trails in my key-clacking. And it means that you probably won’t be clicking onto this page to find frequent sermons/eye-popping theories about all the relevant news and culture topics of today. If I were paralyzed from the waist down and lived in a stone cottage on a misty cliff, I would probably spend all day scribbling and doodling and weaving words … but I’m not–and I don’t. 🙂
Still … Welcome! I am awfully glad to have you stumble on over, and you are most welcome to join me at my inglenook, where you can hear about my life and I can hear about yours.
So, what is the Why of this blog? (Mainly why someone who is not a blogger would … blog.) I’m glad you asked; I have often asked myself the same thing. (*adjusts imaginary glasses*) Well, a big part of it is the whole reality that I live across the ocean from most of the people I’ve known and loved all my life. Thank goodness, some of those people I know and love have the knack for delicately breaking the news to me that I STINK AT STAYING IN TOUCH. It’s been pretty complicated sometimes, figuring out the best way to keep in contact. Because, I could be writing or phoning home all the time, and you still wouldn’t know everything that’s happened in my life (besides, it would be a pretty pathetic life). Well, God has brought me all the way over here for a really good reason (the only way I know that is because He is God), and the reason He kept most of you loved ones all the way over there is just as good of a reason. So, the ideal goal for this little blog is to stay plugged in to the other side of the world, and at the same time, write down what life is like plugged into this side of the world. I really believe that God wants us plugged in right where we are, living to the fullest, and one way we can help each other to do that is to pray for each other, wherever we are. Hopefully, if you drop by and read every now and then, you will have a better idea of how to pray for me. A blog is one place I can put that in … one place.
Confused yet? It’s only the beginning of a random and honest adventure down the bunny trails of life. 🙂
Tales of a Pilgrim 