Purpose and Goals for this Blog

I mentioned in my profile that I hope to discuss things in my life or the lives of my family. I also hope to relate these to what is happening in the world at large. I didn't mention, but I also want to relate this to God. I strongly believe that God is active in this world. To me, this is not just in some abstract way, but God is personally, intimately involved in the lives of his people.

Some may want to ask what I mean by "his people". All people in this world, are God's people. They may or may not recognize this fact. In fact they may not really like this fact -- or may disagree with me that this is a fact. I merely set this forth as my strong belief. This belief is so fundamental to me that it colors the way I think. So, when I begin to share about what is happening in my life -- God will be there.

This is my second attempt at a blog. My first blog was only read by a few of my closest friends. They were very patient with me because my postings were few and far between. Thus, I make a clean start. Here is my goal. I hope to write a posting at least once per week (my real hope is that I will post daily -- but I am only committing to weekly posts). I also intend to let a growing number of friends, colleagues and others know about this blog -- that is big for me, because it means I am going out on a limb. Lastly, I really intend for at least one posting a week (maybe the only posting that week) to be about something really significant.

For those of you that I have sent notification about this blog, I ask that you give me some feedback. What do you think -- agree? disagree? Why? If I am not really giving anything that you feel is significant -- tell me. I guess that this implies that I would like this to turn into a place of dialogue. And that implication is absolutely correct.