Introduction

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about my life and the journey that life has taken me to get to this point. I have gone through a lot of ups, downs, and simply weird stuff. I was never good at keeping a journal but I have had many experiences that I have a strong recollection of that I want to write down. This project is mostly for me, going through my life experiences and putting a good many things on the record. I’m too poor to see a counsellor or psychiatrist, so this will be my own brand of writing therapy.

In starting this blog I decided to have a focus or emphasis. This focus will be on my spiritual journey. I could write on a good deal many other topics including some of my creative projects but parsing through my memories I realize that spirituality and religion have been some of the most central aspects and themes of my life, so I will devote the majority of this blog to this topic. I will try to overall tell my story in a general chronological order but may vary from the chronology as circumstance and preference permits. Outside of biographical information I may occasionally use this blog to write on some current events and share essays on various thoughts of mine.

My spiritual life has certainly been a complicated one. Before continuing onto future posts there are some things that need to be cleared up. This is not some kind of expose on religion and church. I do not have an agenda to bash religion or my church experience. I also want to be clear that this blog is not going to be filled with faith promoting rumors or fluffy material to convince anyone to follow my faith tradition. This is my faith journey, it will include spiritual highlights, moments of utter despair and pain, and just some bizarre stuff along the way. My intention is to be as honest as possible. Jesus once said, “The truth will make you free” (John 8:32). This is my truth, and no matter what others may say or think of me, I am going to set the record straight to the best of my recollection.

This blog will paint me differently than some are used to seeing me, in some of the posts that will put here, I will not always be shown in the best light. I am a real person with real struggles. Don’t think when I write of the negative things that I am seeking attention or sympathy, or am painting myself as a victim. Because one of the first things you should know about me, is no matter what life throws at me I am an extremely hopeful person and I’m just arrogant enough to believe that I will come up on top in the end.