blog post #104

so i've posted just over a hundred of these. what strikes me is that none of them stick out in my mind. they all seem wholly unremarkable, actually with a few exceptions, most posts on other people's blogs would fall in the same category. apparently then, our posts are not intended to change the world or ourselves. Why then are blogs so popular? what compels so many of us to write something on a semi-regular basis? obviously, i can only answer for myself, and the most honest answer i can give is; i don't know. I would like to say that it helps me vent frustrations, or it is a way to gather my thoughts, or a way to communicate with the three of you who occasionally drop by this blog. but, honestly, i write posts simply to write posts. why i occasionally feel the need or choose to do so, is actually unclear to me. my days are no different whether i post here or not. i do not sleep better having posted during the day.

I don't know why i just wrote this post or chose this topic; i guess i just felt like it...

Dr. Egelkraut

My NT theology prof said something today that made me think, it wasn't that it was so revolutionary or a completely new concept; it was more a poignant reminder of something I/we often get our thinking muddled. We are not saved by what Jesus taught, but by who He is and what He did. It is so easy to get sucked into an Evangelical sort of Bibliolatry. The Bible can't save us. The Bible is true, but Christ is the Truth!! No one comes to the Father except through Christ! (John 14:6)

I want to travel

to somewhere i've never been, preferably where they speak a language that is uncommon and where they typically do not know English. Where there's strange but incredible food. Oh, and they'd have to have beaches....
see... who wouldn't want to spend a few days here?

Miuro

I don't know if this Miuro thing is the coolest or most retarded iPod accessory I have ever seen. Apparently it can even follow you around the house. Have we really become so lazy and addicted to our music that the speakers have to follow us around as we move from one room the next?

I think so many of us have become slaves of convenience. We can't even be bothered to get out of the car when we go to the bank or pharmacy. We're so busy trying to not waste any time that we don't have time to just "be". When was the last time any of us just sat; without the TV on, a book in our hand or a paper to write. Even our relaxation time is busy: be it running, knitting, kayaking or getting coffee at Starbuck's. It seems to me that we've lost the art of being still. Lars Saabye Christensen writes about having lost the "in-between time". Everything is in the "immediate", and now. He uses the example of the a digital vs. a 35mm camera. With the 35mm there would be a time between when the picture was taken and when you saw it developed, now the digital images are immediately approved or rejected. We don't have to wait for anything anymore. There are only delays. If it (whatever "it" might be) is not there immediately, then it's delayed or running late. To wait for anything is near impossible; "WHAT!?!? TWO whole days to ship!?!? I have to wait that long!!!! I'd better become a premium member so they'll Fed-Ex it over night...."

Sadly, this whole attitude and lost art of being still is sorely evident in western Christianity as well. When was the last time you went to a church service and was encouraged to sit still for 10 minutes without anything being said or done on stage? I'm ashamed to admit that I hardly ever simply stay still in the presence of God. I come to God with a to-do-list a mile long, and demand an instant response and gratification.