Why Blog

I have not been part of the blogging world, but reading Chrissy Roberts Two Ring Circus has inspired me to give it a try. I think I'm going to do what the name implies and that is ramble on, as a retired Episcopal priest might do, about life and living as a Christian dealing with reality. 

My reality is facing a new life that calls me to adjust my thinking, my feeling and my actions all at the same time. It is not easy for someone over sixty to have life turned upside down. I recently retired which for workaholic is no small feat, but in short order I also lost my wife and best friend of forty five years, Marsha. I say I lost her but I still carry her voice in my head and the memories of so many times and places and circumstances. I know I can't live there in the past, but I like to visit while I figure out what's next. I have told so many people through the years that all we have is the present moment. This moment only not the past and not the future. I hope I can find a way to live out my own words. If I have anything to say that is of value to anyone else, then maybe God will lead them to this place from time to time, but I have a feeling this might be more for me than for anyone else. Today they call this public version of writing a blog. I have many times engaged in journalling for my own spiritual growth and nurture, and I think this blog might have some of that nature to it as life pokes me in one direction or another. I might be pondering the presence of God in the midst of some confusion or decision. I might be looking at a world issue through the lens of my faith, but I will try to write with integrity about my understanding of this journey we're on together.

I think that is enough of an introduction to my plan. That's all that my head can hold at the moment so that's it for now.