Slow Blogging.

Well One year and 7 months since my first post. Though this delay fits the theme of this post; it fits a little too well. I hesitate to get involved in on line discussion because of the difficulty in keeping up with those who have a good deal of time to post comments. What is the point of being part of a discussion when you cannot possibly keep up with? We talk about these forums as bringing people together. Is this an overstatement? Have we just created a new forum for solipsism?

This judgment may seem extreme, and probably is. Yet it expresses how I feel participating in these forums, trying to get a word in edgewise, sometimes we just spout off our pet theories and hope someone is reading carefully. Why should they be. We aren’t. We cannot.

Yet the practice of this kind of communication is compelling. Sharing important ideas about how we live, or could live. Having a connection to people all over the world; I love it.

I want this to be a site for slower, thoughtful discussion. To meet this goal I will not be posting more than once a week and probably less often. I also ask that no one respond more than once a week to any given post. Posts should be as concise as possible too.

Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
James 1:19-20

Well this Blog sort of just happened so I have little to say.

I hit my index finger with a stray nail from my pneumatic nailer this afternoon. I held my finger with the other hand out of sight for a few seconds before looking; repeating, "Don't be broken. don't be broken. Don't be broken!". You can never tell within the first 15 seconds or so if the damage is severe. Well I am typing this evening so I will work another day tomorrow. It does still smart a bit though.

This Blog will be a journal about carpentry, and Christianity, and painting and music and mathematics; put all together it will also be a forum for discussing economic reform and experimentation in the spirit of Acts 4:32-37.

I have a few hair brained ideas that I would like see make the light of day if the Lord wills. And will share these over time here. I also hope others will share their musings and visions for better economic relations. There is no such thing as individual economics. We are deeply interwoven with many people as we earn our daily bread. So a basic question I offer for a first discussion is, How does the Gospel discipline our economic practice?