I Feel Like Christian Slater...

My wife thinks Christian Slater's hot.

And I'd love to say that that's why I feel like Christian Slater. I mean, don't get me wrong, my wife thinks I'm hot too (at least I HOPE she still does...), and I like Christian Slater as an actor... not so much his hair though.

But that's not why I feel like Christian Slater today, especially if you know that I can't slick my hair back like he does.

Have you ever seen his movie, "Pump Up The Volume," where he's this quiet, reclusive high school student that doesn't have any social life whatsoever? That is, until the sun goes down, and it's time for his nightly radio rant show.

It's during his one-hour show that the meek and introverted Mark Hunter, whose radio alter-ego is 'Hard Harry' (both played by Christian Slater) hooks up his radio broadcast equipment, turns his microphone up, and blasts his thoughts and ideas across the air waves, not seemingly knowing or caring who hears.

Can you imagine the idea of sloshing your thoughts and ideas out into the air like a bucket of water, letting them fall where they may, and not worrying about criticism or rebuke?

Yeah...

I never thought of blogging, posting my writ on the Internet to be read, reviewed, and agreed or disagreed with, until a friend suggest I do so. I've been slapped with moments of situational inspiration for years, writing my thoughts and ideas in Word documents and saving them to my computer... but on the Internet?

Wow, that's scary! What if someone doesn't like what I have to say? What if they disagree? What if it positively or negatively affects their view on the subject, or... what if it's never read at all?

Yeah...

Today I feel like Christian Slater. Or maybe it's Hard Harry. Or Mark Hunter.

In any case, here goes.

My writings and thoughts tend to revolve around biblical relevancies and applications to life as a husband, father, youth pastor, interactor of sociey, son, brother and friend. I am far from perfect, nor am I an authority in Biblical Literature or Theology - I don't read Greek - but it seems that I am an expert in my own experiences, and I believe that the audience of God's Voice in Print is not limited to the highly astute and well versed, but the layman, the parishioner, the 'child at heart' as well.

If my writings do anything, I hope that they ignite a desire and passion to go deeper, look harder, listen more closely to what God says through His Words as it applies to their life situations and conditions.

I've never done a blog before, so I'm a little apprehensive about sloshing myself out there, especially on a routine basis. I have begun to pray daily for a pillar of clouds and fire.

With all of this said, welcome to my Blog. Thanks for reading.