To my half dozen readers let me assure you that I have not given up the blog ghost just yet, but am giving it a serious thought. Some people have deficits in checkbooks, or credit accounts, I'm having a deficit of sharing what goes on in my spiritual life, even in my lectio divina. All that begs the question: why?
I don't have people so that can't be it, and I'm not particularly closed off as a person, either. I think it is the paucity of what I have to say, that is said so much better by so many other people, that I wonder why clog up the blog world with one more blathering blithering blog.
For instance A Hermits Journal. That is a blog with something deep to say, and to be honest, I never share my thoughts on that level, and if I did, it would be in the form of a book, not as a blog. For me, tearing a hole in my brain in order to release my spiritual thinking onto something as impermanent as a blog seems absurd. The only really useful thing I did on any blog was to do daily commentary on the Rule of Benedict.
What I have learned about myself is that my gift lay in making ancient writings of the faith pertinent to today. That seems to be the consensus of opinion, as many people have asked me to put together a complete book of my reflections on the Rule of Benedict. That is in process, I assure you. The problem is other aspects of me need expression too, and that is why I can't leave the blog...yet. I keep saying yet, but the truth is I will never abandon it.
The Lord has lead me to understand that I am not the one to tackle political issues in the church, or in the world. That is the work of others. I am apparently not one to tackle the issues of Lectio Divina and sharing it. It does seem that I am good at making the old apply to us, in a way that makes sense. Okay, so I'll do that.
However, this blog, as you surely have noticed by now, often has music and not much else. The reason for that is explained in today's musical post of the Tantum Ergo. Words are just a bunch of letter, music is of the soul.
What my future holds I do not know, God knows. What this blog will be, I do not know, God knows. What I do know is that all of you should expect more music with a leetle tiny meditation to go along with it.
Peace
Saturday, June 13, 2009
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2 comments:
Steve I understand what you are saying and the questions you are asking of yourself in relation to your blogging, the only thing I would disagree on is your perception that your 'blog' is not deep as others may seem to be. I can only speak on a personal level but some of your comments have touched me at a significant depth so maybe the depth is in heart of the reader if not necessarily in the heart of the writer, and all contained in the depth of God which is fathomless!
Having said that, if the content you choose to post in the future changes then who knows how great a blessing that might turn out to be for all .... things might be even more exciting :D
Hello Steve,
Peace be with you, brother.
Thank you for sharing your heart.
What you have to share is important, for you and I do not know whom God is having you write it for, but I do know that I am one of them. So please, I hope you continue to write as God leads.
One of the greatest encouragements I've had of late is that we each have a vocation, a calling. Most often very different from one another, especially in how we are to live out our calling. This uniqueness is just a reflection of the various parts of Christ's body that we each fulfill. And how and to whom we minister is yet one more unique aspect of our part in the body, the Church. For we are not to be alike -- everyone is not an ear, not an eye ... etc.
And as a side note, don't worry about permanence, for we each have impact upon those around us that God intends, at this time. I've often wondered how many prophets never got mentioned in the Bible. Did this make their life less important or significant than Elijah's? But all the same, I look forward to your book! -- 8^)
Keep on blogging ...
jeff.
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