this struggle is why I write...

Two posts ago I wrote this: They struggle to believe in our religion yet they long for our God. As I have said before, this struggle is why I write. This isn’t really a devotional blog, or a cute story ending with a Bible verse kind of blog either. This is about the struggle I have been engaged in for many years and the one I know so many others are entering or are already deep into. There are so many of us moving quickly away from current forms of Christianity that are self centered, finger pointing self righteous, or bogged down in contention. They are the biased forms of this way of Jesus that focus only on personal moral rightness mostly for hell avoidance or personal success instead of seeing the production of the fruits of the Spirit within you as crops to be given away. They are the biased forms that so easily see the ignorance and evil in everyone else and yet fail to see the deadness in their own non-fruit bearing limbs. They are the biased forms of this way of Jesus that get bogged down in asinine theological arguments about things like unwritten rules for worship and the like, all the while failing to show themselves relevant to anyone not already drinking the kool-aid.

So, I write for those who don’t go to “church” anymore or who do and really wonder why. I write for those for whom Christian clichés just don't work anymore. I write for those who take things seriously and desire deeper things yet are willing to admit how stupid they can sound when trying to articulate God. I write for those who grew up in some closed minded churches leaving them spending the last ten years untangling from their messes rather than building on the foundation they laid. I write for those who find value in the Bible, yet remain skeptical of our interpretations especially when they are presented as something more than that. I write for those who don’t need to be reminded that there are people who “take advantage of the system” every time they talk or write about helping the poor.

As I think about it, maybe I just write for myself…

I do have the ability to see each week the locations from where people access the site. So, many of you I know are friends, but some of you stop by week after week and I am not sure why you are here. Part of why I do write this blog is for discussion. So if you have the time, comment or e-mail. Let me know what you are looking for, what you might want to see discussed, or what you may be wrestling with. I’m not looking for compliments or some narcissistic high, but more so to see why readers come by and what you might be interested in getting into from here. Let me know…