I suppose I should have said "Here I go," instead of "we," since there are no readers yet and my purpose is more for me than anyone else, but I'm not going to change it because that's what I kind of want this blog to be for me. I want to be able to write without feeling that I have to go back and make it all perfect.
I've had people encouraging me to write for decades, but especially lately. I keep thinking of things to write about, but never get around to do it because my tendency is to keep putting it off until I can make sure it is right. Last summer, as I was talking to Darrell Bock, he made the point that if you wait till you get it all right, then you'll never write anything or at least not very much.
I want to see this as not a final treatise on the subject, but as a part of a conversation--building on all that I've seen, heard, and read and that as brought me to where I am, and providing a start to a continuing and ongoing discussion.
So, I'm starting a blog. I've never written to a blog before. I don't know the protocols and don't know if anyone beyond myself and a few other friends will ever read it. But, it will be good for me. It's amazing what the process of writing does to help a person think and put his thoughts together. I'm writing mostly for myself, but at the same time, I do hope that at least someone else will get something out of this. Maybe it will help someone else to think about the topic and maybe they'll go on to develop it far beyond anything I could do myself.
So, here I go. I'm going to try to add to this regularly and keep on thinking about the greatness of the gospel of Christ. May this be used for his glory!
Bill
