A New Normal

It’s been quite some time since my last post. Partly due to the fact that I really just didn’t want to write about anything. When you’re unpacking, painting, working a lot and not spending enough time with family - words are used more for speaking than writing. We’re in the house now and it’s still more than we expected. I’m still amazed at how God seems to over indulge his kids sometimes. He gives us more than we expected…well, maybe not more, but better. Quality, not quantity I guess. Overall, we sleep well.

As far as thinking goes, Shelly and I have been talking a lot about what it means to live well. When we’re bound to the ruts of our making, whether in lifestyle, or social interaction, we fail to fully realize the freedom that we have been given. It’s difficult to get out of those ‘same ole-same ole’ ways. It’s difficult to forge new process thereby creating sort of a new normal for ourselves. But, the new normal begins with conversation.

There’s a book that deals with our past, and our future. It deals with the idea of what it means to get rid of ourselves. CS Lewis tells an interesting tale about possibilities of the afterlife. It’s an original story full of interesting and provocative characters. One character might remind you of yourself or someone you know.. What I would encourage you to do is to go buy it – It’s called The Great Divorce.



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This will be the subject of my posts for a few weeks to come. So - I’m getting out of my rut now. I’m going to attempt to rough ride my way into a whole new rut…hey I gotta start somewhere!