What is it I even want to talk about? I just got Eugene Peterson's new book, Memoirs. He is a muse for me. He characterizes pastoring (and this conversation) saying, "William Faulkner was once asked how he went about writing a book. His answer: “It’s like building a chicken coop in a high wind. You grab any board or shingle flying by or loose on the ground and nail it down fast.” Like becoming a pastor." (I got it on Kindle and don't even know how to document the quote. I'll work on it). I'll grab the thoughts that seem worthy from what I read, from sermons, from daily epiphanies and nail them down on a blog. It means this blog may be more personal and spiritual than I had originally intended, but that's the nature of a personal dialogue. It's also the nature of pastoring.
