Begin at the Beginning

The words escape me ... as I sit here, next to my wife and son, on a relaxing Sunday evening ... and I enter ... the blogosphere. These words will be the first of many, words that will express what's in my heart and head, my fears and failures, memorable moments and serious sentiments. So, where does one even begin such a journey ... only one logical place, the beginning. I'm not talking about my beginning. The beginning of my story is only a small blip on the pages of an epic that's been in motion for millenia ... I'm talking about the beginning of THE story. For only in His story do I find purpose in my story.

The Bible begins at the beginning ... "In the beginning God ..." (Genesis 1:1). He is the beginning ... and the end. Also the middle, He's the author ... and the main character. In Him I find purpose; from Him flow my passions. So, will this be one of those uber-religious, psycho-serious boring blogs? No. I look forward to blogging about my family (Joanna and Trey ... whom I am nuts about), adventures (from racing to sharing my faith), insights learned (from biblical to parenting), love experienced (from my wife to my Creator) ... a holistic approach to blogging. But it must begin at the beginning. And must flow from my connection with my Creator ... that's what I was designed for ... and that's what I'm about.


I intend to do much thinking and expressing but not much editing and smoothing out. I want to paint pictures of beauty, not pictures of perfection. I am setting out to sift through human experience, not human euphoria. I desire to promote restoration and redemption, not comfort and convenience.

Also it's my desire to use as many trendy Christian buzz words as possible. Just kidding ... but seriously. Here's a shot at it: I want to be a catalyst to open dialog for fleshing out concepts about authentic community and genuine worship while facilitating a movement toward a relevant revolution. It'll take every post for the rest of my bloglife to unpack that. Join me.