Wanting More

Hey everybody.

So after much kicking and screaming I joined Twitter. I started a personal account a few weeks ago but wanted to start one where I could share more of my thoughts on God and church.  So if you are on Twitter you can follow me @wanting_more

Here on the wanting-more.ca website there is a widget on the right hand side that will display my most recent “tweets”. I’m thinking that Twitter will be the place I blurt out the large number of thoughts I have during the day that I’m not able to blog about.

Happy Tweeting

So I’m a big Stephen Colbert fan.  I find him funny and thought provoking and quite often after watching the show I find myself investigating things that were talked about.

Here is a clip of an interview he did with Dag Soderberg who published a new version of the bible. It’s called “The Book; The Bible Illuminated”.  Again here is a link to the clip.

I’m not going to comment too much on the book because I haven’t seen or read it but some of the statements that were made really grabbed my attention and resonated with me.  Mr. Soderberg said that the bible was the “most referenced yet least read book. ” That his organization’s goal is to bring about discussion and bring the bible “from the book shelf to the coffee table. ”

I’m totally into their goals for the bible, but I don’t want to get to excited because I don’t know too much about this version.  Like I said I resonate with all of their goals and want to see Christians engage the world but I want them to engage the world with Jesus.  Are the pictures and things they’ve added going to help engage the world with Christ and His message or are they a cool way to sell books and going to be a distraction from the message?

Again I haven’t seen the book so I’m not going to give my opinion on it. I just want to be careful before I get to excited about it. I did a very quick google search and didn’t see any rage over the book but nothing that seemed to rant and rave over it (other than the publishers homepage). I’ll probably order a copy because I’d love to see it and know if it could be a useful ministry tool and when I do I’ll write a review.

Has anyone seen the book or any thorough reviews? Anyone have any thoughts on what their trying to do?

Hi my name is Charlie and I’m a delinquent blogger (Hello Charlie!)

It has been almost 3 months since my last post and this blog needs some major updating. I apologize for my long absence (although I’m sure everyone survived without me). When I started the blog I promised myself I wasn’t going to be one of those people who stuck with it for a short while and then dropped off the face of the earth. OOPS! Well I’m back now.

So why the long absence you may ask. Well the best way to describe it would be that I have had no interest in putting effort into anything spiritual. This includes (but is not limited to)  finding a new church home, study and this blog. I told one friend how I was feeling and he asked if I no longer believed. I said I still believed and would speak for or defend my faith in Jesus, but I just didn’t feel like doing anything with it or about it.

Needless to say I wasn’t in the greatest place. But I’m starting to get my head out of my you know what and trying hard to get back where I and God want me to be.  I guess it’s just a part of the journey.

Hopefully you’ll continue to join me and we can share our adventures together. I’ve got lots of interesting things to share over the next while. Things about me and my journey as well as some information and things that I hope will help you on your journey.

Found this track on Youtube. I’m totally a blues and funk guy so I love the vibe of this track. Something different than the typical Christian music people usually produce both lyrically and musically. Check it out (not sure if it will show up in RSS readers. You might need to click to the site).

Well I’ve been thinking more and more about where I’m at in my spiritual journey.  In a post last week I talked about my desire to have a greater impact on non-believers around me. As I’ve been wrestling with it I’ve been reminded continually that it all starts with me.  

The big picture is that I want to see the world and lives changed for God. I think most believers would say that as well. The problem is that we’re so busy trying to change the world around us that we forget that the change starts with us.  If we want to see God work in our community and the people we interact with we need to first allow Him to work in our own lives. We cannot expect to have a real impact until we have been really impacted.  

This isn’t just a one time thing I’m talking about. We need to continually allow God to change and reshape us.  The changing of the world starts with the change in ourselves. So I’ve been trying to allow God into my life more and more to show me what still needs worked on. Unfortunately that’s never going to stop.  So the other thing that I need to remember is I can’t wait for me to have everything perfect (cause that’s never going to happen). I’m trying to find that balance or tension between allowing God to prepare me to go into the world and knowing that He’s with me and I’m capable of going out into the world.