I've often thought about blogging - in fact, while in seminary, I wrote a paper on blogging as spiritual discipline but I was not convinced it was for me. I was busy writing papers, researching, memorizing language paradigms and raising babies. However, it has been ten months since my graduation and I have spent these days contemplating my future. I've filled out a myriad of applications, mailed numerous resumes, talked with a host of individuals and committees, flown out of state to meet with perspective communities, and yet, I am still unemployed. My wife and I have dealt with great disappointment, discouragement, and disillusionment so we have decided to find other ways to deal with our lot in life - this blog is my new spiritual discipline.
I need to be more disciplined and hopefully this helps. I don't want the tone of this blog to rooted in grammatical perfection nor do I want it to be ultra-tidy. I want it to be daily, spontaneous, full of questions and wonder. As time moves on, I hope I find answers in these posts and I hope I find peace within my soul.
Not long ago I stumbled on a 16th century Spanish mystic named Diego de Estella. He writes in his Meditations on the Love of God, "Open then thine eyes, my soul, apply thy spiritual ears, loosen thy lips, open thine heart, that thou mayest find God in all His creatures and mayest praise and magnify Him...May it possible for me to know Thee and be skilled to love Thee." This is a profound thought - This is where I'd like to be...
