Swallowing the Sea

So I have not thrown my hat in the blogging ring for going on four years now.  I found it difficult to continue with my Jobless Minister blog when I was once again – well, employed.  I felt like it compromised my street cred, so I walked away from blogging for highly noble reasons.  (on a side note someone else took the web address of my former blog - there is one entry from last May about British politics).    I would have gotten a web address that was my name but apparently another Mike Dixon is having as many problems as I once did meeting girls and got to the domain first. www.mikedixon.com (don’t worry its not dirty)

Why blog again? At the end of this Lenten season I have felt the compulsion to pick up the discipline of a blog once again.  (As it turns out when I do not watch TV  then I feel compelled to do a lot of things that might actually be good for me. ) Truth is that I need a place like this to keep me honest it my attempts to consistently engage in what the parts of my life I might otherwise leave unexamined.  Socrates would be very disappointed..

In this space I will just take the time to reflect on whatever it is that I am reading, experiencing, and thinking about in life, in faith, in culture, and in my head.  I know that there are no lack of blogs out there.  I am painfully aware that I am no more qualified than anyone else to run off at the mouth publicly.  But what follows will be my two cents.

btw The explanation for swallowing the sea can be linked to at the top of the page.