Yes, I Have a Blog! And Here's Why...

I wonder how many blogs actually start like this: "Well, I have finally decided to start a blog..." I know of at least one. Alas, here also am I; starting a blog which I hope will be very fruitful and help me to accomplish certain objectives and goals that I (and I believe God) have for my life. My wife Bethany told me this morning that there is nothing like the need to study, that motivates me to do other things. My blog has actually been created now for about a week, but because of a class that I am taking right now, I haven't had the chance to get the first post up. Since my exam for the class is quickly approaching, I decided that now would be the perfect time to get my initial thoughts about my new blog onto my new blog.

I think that the true purpose of this blog is yet to be seen and will be discovered as time goes on. At the outset, my ambitions for this literary endeavor are both simple yet profound. One of the main reasons I have created this blog is to give potential employers a place where they can see what I am all about. Because of my desired career path, I think that the blog will naturally take on some other qualities (yet to be seen). I want this to be a venue where authentic theological discussion can take place. I don't like how there can be a divide between one's "faith journey," and "real life." Therefore, this forum is not going to be limited to being a "Christian" blog, though most everything will have a certain perspective. This is ok to acknowledge. A perfect way to introduce the title of my blog.

"Greater Things" came to me as an idea for the blogs title when I was brainstorming some different ideas. I settled on this as a title because I saw great potential in these words for what I wanted to accomplish by creating a blog in the first place. For those who don't recognize the phrase it comes from John 14:12. I would very much like to look at more in depth exegesis for this passage in the future. But put simply, Jesus said his followers would do bigger and better things than he did. Another main purpose of this blog will be to explore what this means for daily life today in 2009. This is why this will be a free forum blog, not just limited to the things of theological discourse. This is why I have links like Get Rich Slowly posted to my blog (more on this later). It is always my goal in life to engage the world in which I live with my faith. I try to live out the two slogans that were used frequently at Gordon College "freedom within a framework of faith" and "faith seeking understanding."

So as my first post comes to a completion, I wait with eager anticipation to see what greater things can be accomplished, both on this blog and in real life. I invite anyone and everyone to engage with me in this endeavor as we pursue greater things.