Incredible presumption

How fantastically arrogant do you have to be to think that the world is eagerly waiting to hear what you think? And yet, dozens or hundreds of new blogs, I would guess, start up every day. So why should you bother with this one?

I don't know that you should. You've got a lot going on, plenty to keep you busy, no time to waste. Just walk on by, move along; nothing to see here, folks.

I'm hoping this blog will help me toward a goal I constantly seek and continually fall short of -- deeper involvement with the word of God, more than using it as a study tool for sermon- and lesson-making. I reckon if I know that I'm committed to writing something cogent or thoughtful about what I'm reading and learning, maybe I'll be more consistent with it.

So I'll use this as a place to work out on "paper" the thoughts, impressions, convictions and questions from my (hopefully) daily scripture reading/meditation times. Kind of a public journaling, in a not-quite-as-revealing way.

Anybody else wants to look in on it occasionally, you're welcome in. Leave a comment if you care to; argue a point; clear up an apparent lack of understanding; just say "Hi". It'll be good to have you along.