Heading: second star from the right.

Wooden sailboat.

Good books.

Cote d'Azur

Imagine that.

Why blog?

A good blog is a powerful thing. The opportunity to eloquently and transparently convey all manner of thoughts in word or image to an unlimited audience is historically a rare thing indeed. And yet many blogs are taken as little more than an opportunity to vent. Perhaps that is what I am doing now- but I pray not. Why do desires for power, whether money, or authority, or time, come so easily, while dreams consistent with the true end of those same things are so fleeting?

Several weeks ago I came across this proverb:

"As water reflects a face

so a man's heart reflects the man."

And just now I recalled Lewis writing, aim for heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim for earth and you get neither. (Paraphrased. It is so SO Lewis-ian- I love it.)

It would seem that on "our own," only the corrupt form of powerful ideas are visible- only the forms, the distorted and reduced forms by which to serve ourselves. (It's all but cliche putting it that way- but there it is). Only in the Kingdom can the true potential of that which we would otherwise corrupt be revealed. Even a blog. I can use this blog to draw attention to myself- or, in faith, to share my encounters with Light, to others, for His glory.

(to be continued)

Word

Words confuse me, though in truth they dissolve confusion. The predefined meanings with which they are given and the preconceived ideas with which they are received are a powerful combination for communication- or miscommunication. Even as I write these words, I know they don't hold the (full) meaning I intend.

Obviously I can only expect so much from limited space. To know something truly demands a broad perspective. I am not defined by a few words, but can only convey something of my identity through a more complete picture- through heart mind body and soul. 

The words of this blog, then, are eclectic things trying to convey eclectic thoughts that result from eclectic experiences. Tonight, then, I am grateful to the Author for Truth, for that which is really real. For there, there is life indeed- life to the full.

This blog needs a new name.

Be patient. The name will come.