What Am I Doing?

A professor once questioned the true intentions of me and my classmates as to whether any desire we had to become writers in any since of the word actually took form in our life. We were told that if we were not writing 1000 words a day already, we were woefully behind.

Another teacher, of life, not the classroom, warned me to measure my stated intentions against my actions to divine my true intentions. Now I sit convicted by those for whom I learned adding to the ever growing body of information in the world.

I only hope to contribute some resemblances of knowledge along the way in an effort to become a more effective communicator of the Gospel of Christ.

One other teacher I cherish, my father, stressed the importance of becoming professional in all my endeavors. Seek excellence emulated by those currently known to be leaders in your pursuits.

The leaders of Christianity, often called the Fathers of the Early Church, wrote copious amounts of essays, commentaries, apologies, treatises, sermons, letters etc. This, largely because they read copious amounts of the same. Since I have begun the latter, I now attempt to tackle the former with all humility and a growing hope for the guidance of the Holy Spirit that something I say will resonate with some reader for the sake of furthering the Kingdom of God.

Should you call me a colleague or even a pupil, I ask you to read these writings as a fellow traveler on the path to Wisdom and Perfection (and I thank you for the honor you pay me in investing your time in my writings). Except, I blindly grope each pebble before me as I search desperately for discernment on my hands and knees.

I claim no great enlightenment or achievement, only the passion of one who answers the call to serve. I write for the discipline of study and interpretation for one cannot write consistently with any since of intelligence unless they continue to consume and digest new material. Since I am a traveler, I fully expect to stumble in my works and for that I request that your reproofs come with gentleness and reverence.

If God grants me the privilege of an audience of anyone not seeking the life of a professional in ministry such as that as the elder, deacon, professor etc., then I offer these writings simply as one believer seeking to share the joy of God's word left for the edification of all man kind.

I will undoubtedly appear to write as the farmer of the Gospel texts of Matthew, Mark and Luke, as he sowed his seed, dropping it haphazardly hoping for something to take root.

However, I hope to resemble that of the farmer found in Isaiah 28 who plants his seed, each in its proper way and each in its proper place.

I thank you with all sincerity for your time and encourage you to challenge me when you find flaws in my thought as I believe firmly in the sharpening of ideas through clashing interpretations. May God bless you and keep you.