Tuesday, August 5, 2008

The First Post!

Well, men, here it is. The first post on our blog. I'm a little intimidated.

First things, what do y'all think of the theme? Keep it, change it, add more to it? Should we have a slogan up there at the top? Let me know. I'll give each of you admin privileges as soon as I can so you can change things about the theme, etc.

You guys can post whatever you want here. I'm not sure what I'll post; probably a mix of serious questions or comments and just update type stuff. I may just link to update type stuff from my other blog if I end up writing on that again.

I really enjoyed hanging out with y'all the other night. I've been up in Philadelphia since Sunday night and I've realized something that I don't think I ever would have thought back in my more self-assured (arrogant?) college days: it's going to be hard to move up here and leave all my friends, family, and familiar places behind. A year or two ago, I probably would have scoffed at the idea of being scared of moving somewhere new, mainly because I would have thought that anyone who has dedicated their lives to God should have so much faith that it overrides fear. I know the verse about not having a spirit of fear or timidity so you don't have to quote it to me; maybe in a perfect world that would be the case all the time. But, I think I used to believe that having faith in God overrode your humanity, and the best way to handle things like being afraid of doing what you're pretty sure God has called you to do is to just push those feelings down and pretend you don't have them. I'm glad that now that I'm actually doing something that is already and is going to be very hard for me (seriously, I majored in Media Arts, what kind of education training do I have to prepare me for the type and amount of work I'll have in seminary?) I'm more secure in my understanding of God, Christ, and myself; secure enough to engage and acknowledge my feelings of fear and inadequacy rather than just ignoring them or even regarding them as evidence that I'm not a Christian after all.
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2 comments:

Unknown said...

Chris i really like what you said about having faith not "over riding our humanity" I think fear is a big part of our lack of understanding of how to operate in our adopted kingdom. However unbelief is the opposite of belief not fear. I wrestled a lot with apprehension when i first moved to Conway and to be completely honest with everyone the first few months after i moved were the most lonely weeks of my life. BUT out of that came real blessings beyond what I could ask or imagine.

August 5, 2008 at 9:22 PM
Randy Goff said...

The longer I live, the more I realize that life is constant change. I've also realized that change is full of a mixture of joy and pain that is inseparable. We're always leaving good and bad things behind in order to move ahead.I'm not sure there's a win-win until the Kingdom fully comes.

That said, I think/know that you are going to do great in Philly! I was just telling a mutual friend this week that I think you are going to flourish at seminary.

August 9, 2008 at 11:40 AM

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