Back again

All right, already. I started a blog, I posted a few times. My life interfered in major ways; I stopped blogging. Then I decided that I wanted to start again. But I didn't do it. I said I wanted to do it, but I didn't do it.

Isn't that always the way?

There are so many things that we're going to get around to. Sometime. And yet we never actually do them. Years ago I knew a man who would give out circular wooden coins stamped with the letters "TUIT." When folks inevitably asked what the coin was for, he'd answer, "You say that you'll do something when you get around to it. Well, now you've got a round tuit."

I've got a round tuit. I've got an easy button. I've got a pair of Nikes. What I haven't had is the actual intention to do it.

One of my favorite authors, Dallas Willard, speaks of needing to have three things: Vision, Intention, and Means. For anything worthwhile, we need to envision what we might do, we need to have the intention to do it, and we need the means to carry it out. So now I have a vision: I want to write a blog that will be a means of imparting grace to people. I have the means: thanks to Blogger, I can publish things right here from my very own computer. What I've lacked is the intention actually to carry it out.

So I'm mustering my will, girding up my loins about me, and I'm going to do it. Finally, I have what I've lacked: the intention to do it. Stay tuned.

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Back to the Future

I had the best intentions.

Blogging was going to be a way for me to keep in touch with people. I would read their blogs, they would read my blog, and we would all be so connected.

So much for good intentions.

If you care to look at my history, you'll see that I started this blog in May 2007 and wrote a few posts. Then my life interfered, and I stopped. I didn't change addresses; I didn't start a cooler blog at another address. I just stopped writing.

Well, now I'm back. I have some interesting stories to tell. This past year has been the most eventful of my life. For now, I'll just say that I really do WANT to be connected to people, and I think blogging is a great way to do that. I'm even hoping that I'll learn how to do some cool, up-to-date things, like posting photos. Imagine that!

One thing I want to say first and foremost, though: my original thought with this blog was to use my words, via this blog or any other means, to impart grace. Hence the weird blog name: my name and the reference from scripture that I'd like to use as a guide (Ephesians 4:29).

Is anybody reading?