About the rocks in my head
I am 43 years old now and I keep being surprised at how much things change over time. And How much they stay the same. We grow up, get married, have kids and try to follow Jesus. But in 1988, when my bride and I loaded up the wood-paneled station wagon pulling the U-Haul to to go west, I would’ve never guessed that my journey would take me to a small town in North Alabama with five kids, including one with Down Syndrome. I would’ve never guessed that nearly 20 years later I would be LESS ASSURED, LESS DOGMATIC, that I would no longer call myself a conservative, much less a republican. That I would no longer call myself an evangelical, much less a reformed Calvinist. I am in such a different place now than I was then. And the changes keep coming.
Hence, the rocks in my head. This is a good time to confess that I totally purloined the idea for this blog from one of my favorite bloggers, Molly at Adventures in mercy. On her very first post she said
i am writing because i have an inner urge to polish the rocks rolling around in my head.
There are so many things I am wondering about and questioning. Wondering about and questioning stuff is almost always a good thing. Maybe I should delete the “almost”.
Here is a short list of the rocks in my head (which will surely change over time):
- Politics
- Christ and the Church
- Mere Christianity
- Women’s roles in Society, the Family and Church
- The Journey that is following Christ
BTW. I am making this post my “About” page (on the left)
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February 5th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
THIS sounds like a blog I will enjoy reading—-a fellow traveler on the road to…wherever it is we’re going (where is it???)…
February 6th, 2008 at 8:02 am
DH, You may be less of a lot of things now than you were almost 20 years ago, but you love Jesus more as a “Revolutionary” than you did as a staunch theology-loving, evangelical, Calvinistic, die-hard Republican. And that is a GOOD thing!
February 6th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Thought I’d pop in and say hi. I’m another Dad writing about faith and raising a son (5 month old) with DS. I look forward to reading your thoughts in the days and weeks ahead.
February 13th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Hi Scott,
Thanks for your honesty. It is great to become reacquainted with you through this means. I would love to hear your story of the journey you’ve made and the influences that have shaped you. I love you and appreciate you & Karen and would love to know how I could pray for your family. I would love to also have an update on your kids when you get the chance. I know that often labels can be misleading or inexact so they in fact do not necessarily communicate our true thoughts. Labels can have negative baggage that we do not intend. So, I’d really be interested in knowing what you mean when you say that you no longer call yourself an evangelical.
Grace & Peace,
Brian Shealy