why a blog?

So, why a blog. I am not that interesting (note the subtle yet latent arrogance in my use of the phrase "not that" which suggests somehow that i am actually somewhat interesting which is, of course, debatable) so why would anyone care what I think about anything?

I don't know.

I am blogging for a number of reasons... one of which is that I read a book entitled "The Blogging Church" and the writer assured me that I should. I am the rector (senior pastor) of a new church start in Baton Rouge, LA and apparently all new church plants should have someone (or many someones) blogging... otherwise they are not very relevant. At least that is what "they" say.

All sarcasm aside, (well, at least some of it) I am blogging because as a preacher and church leader I am in the communication business... My goal is to communicate the Gospel first and foremost... along the way a blog will give me the chance to share some thoughts that are really geared for the blogosphere medium rather than other means of communication...

I like to write and this gives me an opportunity to do that...it also allows me to play fast and loose with the annoyance of proper punctuation:0, it allows me to share thoughts without going through a series of rough drafts, and allows me to interact with others who might be interested in dialoging ... we'll see...

My blog is called ambitious project in "honor" of the anonymous quote in the header... I stumbled across it a couple of years ago and was blown away... man is that where we are as a western culture or what?

We are not just down on God or even the idea of God but also we are awash in a sea of hopelessness... in Genesis God did indeed start what, from our human vantage is easy to view as a rather ambitious project in the creation of humanity... but He has not given up on us... He never has and He never will... we are God's ambitious project... God is not, in fact dead, and through the life giving blood of the only Savior, Jesus Christ, the conclusion of God's human project is assured... so my title for this blog is really a kind of homage to the Lord... an act of gratitude... thanks God, for loving me , thanks for not giving up on me, thanks for saving me and thanks for still working on me every day.

Just part of the human project story of redemption, mark+