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This blog started simply as a way to keep in touch with family when we were in Romania. I had no intention of keeping up with it after we returned. Occasionally, I tried to update material as the shoe story unfolded, but without a unifying theme, I lost interest. I'm not a diarist.
I changed the masthead to "Christ beyond church, culture and country" to declare a purpose. Christ has become too constrained, covered up and co-opted by the institutions that define life in America. As a result, Christ is no longer the living manifestation of the Almighty Creator of all we see, taste, touch and otherwise sense through our emotions.
The church has domesticated God into something comfortable and entertaining at week's end. Culture ignores God and instead offers us substitutes in a desperate attempt to prop up the notion that everything we do and say as a people is so damn important. Politics usurps and then repositions God's power for personal gain.
I will try to peek around the edges of culture, church and country for what I feel will be bountiful sightings of Christ Jesus, the gentle King who first came to us as a helpless baby and who promises friendship between lions and lambs upon His return. I'll report what I see.
I was inspired to search for a theme and return to blogging after a conversation with Stacy Caldwell, Executive Director of Dallas Social Venture Partners. Once you have given her web page a good look, you will come to know why I trust her social media counsel. Next: the conclusion of the shoe story. Was it a miracle? Can it compare with the miracle in Matthew 14:14-21?
