It is with interest that I begin blogging again in a new venue. I say "with interest" not because anyone else will find this interesting, but rather than it is a new forum to explore a certain range of my own interests in a way that might pay dividends. Indeed, my genuine hope is to put and post here reflections that will not only be of interest to those who read blogs of a theological nature, but will be of benefit to Christ's church militant here on earth.
I was recently ordained as a presbyter in the Anglican Church in North America and am currently serving at an orthodox parish in San Diego. As I begin this new phase in my life, I find that the questions, ideas, concerns, fears, theories, and methods that concerned me as a student have not gone away; on the contrary, they have become and are still becoming only more tangible, more concrete, and more visceral. The temptation of course is to run back to the comfort of the proverbial ivory tower, or to dismiss the intricacies of the dynamic of pastoral ministry in favor of being "practical". I would have none of either of these options.
The experiment begun here is an experiment not so much in criticism in reflection with the aim of generating dialogue. It is true that in this online forum I run the risk of speaking to 0's and 1's and nothing more, but I hope for better things. In postings, musings, responses to books and articles, sermon notes and the aftermath of sermons, I desire that something like a conversation might emerge, not only in comments etc. but face-to-face as well. But I am monologuing and getting ahead of myself.
You my readers, hold my feet to the fire to write and to reflect, to sort and to sort through, to critically engage the work to which God has called me, and bind me to the Word of God as the instrument of that Life that has been given to us in Christ and of which I am now a servant and ambassador.
Muddlings
— Exactly what it sounds like —
