Several years ago I had the honor of being a guest (pre-Katrina) in the home of John Dobbs. Over the course of the several days I was there John kept talking about his blog. I had no idea what he was talking about as it was the very first time I had ever heard the word “blog” and I was clueless as to its meaning. Even as he patiently explained the concept of blogging I only pretended to be interested as he prattled on and on. My lasting impression was John needed therapy for his growing addiction. I may have even toyed with the notion of spearheading an intervention – for Margaret’s sake. And now here I am.
I consider myself to be an awkward blogger in that I don’t presume anything I have to say will have any value for another living soul. Really my life is boring and uneventful. I’ve never been any good at name-dropping and the names in my life would be unfamiliar to most anyway. I make hamburgers, I teach jr. high students at my church and I mow the lawn when it has grown too long for my wife to ignore. So, why blog?
For the longest time a story has been bouncing around my imagination. It’s a story about Jesus which on the surface seems to have nothing good to do with Jesus. However, the story is fueled by my notion that I am not doing enough to expose the world to the real Jesus. Instead the devil has had, it seems to me, free reign to distort the image and reputation of Jesus into something which has made Him less than appealing. Although the church owns, in theory, all rights to the name and image of Jesus, in practice the devil actually controls what gazillions of people think of Him. How did this happen? I have an idea and so I blog.
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An intervention would be a good thing. Great introduction to your new blog. I look forward to reading more!
My first comment! Thanks John.
Not to be critical, but this is the second worst WordPress template. It is only topped by the one with a banana on it.
This template makes me hungry. Not to be critical or anything.
you are hard to please. however, with a desire to help you limit your caloric intake i have changed my template yet again. i hope this helps. as do your doctors.
LOL Much better. What’s for lunch?
Hey Craig, you don’t remember me, but I’m a John Dobbs blog-convert, too. I ignored him for a long time, but now I think I have more blogs than he does. Be careful, this could happen to you.
hmmm…Al…I have blogs you know not of.
I”m not surprised.
Al,
Please for the sake of all the little people everywhere don’t give in to JD’s bullying. He kind of reminds me of Marlon Brando in the movie Apocalypse Now. You know the one where Marlon has made himself into some sort of demi-god. He sat in his cave and while gorging himself sent forth his minions to do his will. In this case JD pontificates from his easy chair, cackling madly, while his fingers work their voodoo on the keyboard. It’s scary. Has anyone seen Maggie or the boy lately? Maybe we can rescue them before he eats them. As for me, I take comfort in this thought. My blog may never look as pretty as John’s. And I will probably never have as many blog friends as John does BUT, I will always have more hair.
Oh, now I feel like crap.
Forget what I said about the hair. Be strong!
Now they’re turning on each other … muahahahahaha!
Yeah, but I have…
No. I got nothing.
How Does he do it?