Slowly Coming Back

It's about time to start blogging again! I have mixed feelings about it. There have been times during this summer that I had some things I really wanted to post about, but I have also enjoyed feeling no responsibility to post.

I'll ease back in.

I've been on Facebook some - mostly to keep up with Honduras news. The guy who lives there puts a lot of information out through FB. I still struggle with Facebook. A couple of words come to mind when I think about some of FB: narcissistic exhibitionism. ha ha. People may acuse me of the same thing, however. I would like to think that this blog is more about getting everyone to think about things, all the while listening for God in the process.

How 'bout we start with a little Henri Nouwen:

Our minds are always active. We analyze, reflect, daydream, or dream. There is not a moment during the day or night when we are not thinking. You might say our thinking is "unceasing." Sometimes we wish that we could stop thinking for a while; that would save us from many worries, guilt feelings, and fears. Our ability to think is our greatest gift, but it is also the source of our greatest pain. Do we have to become victims of our unceasing thoughts? No, we can convert our unceasing thinking into unceasing prayer by making our inner monologue into a continuing dialogue with our God, who is the source of all love.

Let’s break out of our isolation and realize that Someone who dwells in the center of our beings wants to listen with love to all that occupies and preoccupies our minds.

Welcome back!