Hello, I must be going.
I cannot stay; I came to say I must be going.
I’m glad I came, but just the same, I must be going….
These immortal words were sung by one of my heroes, Grouch Marx
in the classic “Animal Crackers”. And
they capture my thoughts for this post.
Yes, it’s been a while. There were some glitches with the
website, but I think the technical issues are behind us, and I am able to post
here again. So I am back, but only to say I will be signing off for a while.
Hopefully you have gotten a little something out of reading the occasional posts
here. For me, the blog was a way to keep digging into the Word and sharing
whatever thoughts or insights seemed helpful, and it was an enjoyable project.
The main reason I am stopping – pausing might be a better
word – is that I feel that I am more in a learning posture than a teaching or
expounding posture right now. That is,
in part, why the posts have been infrequent. I feel as if God is saying that this
is a time in my life to be quiet, simply sit at His feet and learn.
I hope that what I am learning will be the stuff that will
eventually get me back up on my digital soapbox. Specifically, it involves becoming more involved with ordered forms of spirituality that are deeply rooted
in the history of our Christian faith, such as a greater and more regular use of the
Daily Office and principles of Ignatian spirituality. I have been practicing these things for a
while, but at a beginner’s level.
While there is nothing I would like to do more than write about all I am learning, that would be sort of like a college freshman trying to write a doctoral dissertation. It’s not time yet. There is much to learn. Eventually, I want to be able to expound not only on the ideas but on the practical results (i.e. how it makes me more of the person God designed me to be), and that takes time, consistant application and wisdom I do not yet have.
While there is nothing I would like to do more than write about all I am learning, that would be sort of like a college freshman trying to write a doctoral dissertation. It’s not time yet. There is much to learn. Eventually, I want to be able to expound not only on the ideas but on the practical results (i.e. how it makes me more of the person God designed me to be), and that takes time, consistant application and wisdom I do not yet have.
So thank you for whatever reading or attention you have given
to my rambling thoughts in the past. It’s been fun and I hope to resume someday
in the not-too-distant future. Until then, see ya ‘round the farm.
(Yes, I headlined a post about Christian spirituality with a Jewish guy. Gotta love the irony.)
