Blogging on Sojourn’s website is not necessarily an exclusive feature reserved for the chosen geeks. Any regular Sojourner can have a blog here on the Sojourn website. In fact, over thirty people at Sojourn have already shared a thought through a blog post in the last year. I think that’s part of a church being an authentic community of people publishing content that is relevant to other Sojourners, Huntsvillians, and others in the blogosphere. Real stories from real people.

Did you know:

33 different Sojourners have blogged on this website.
861 different blog posts have been made.
Each blog post gets read 288 times on average.
Some blog posts are read several thousand times.
Over 2100 comments have been made.

If you want to establish a blog on this website, contact Eric Morgan or me and we’ll enable blogging privileges on your account. Once we’ve done that, you can post a blog. Try tying your story to God’s story.

This article published several years ago by Bill MacKinnon is worth reading.

Bob
Fides Quaerens Intellectum

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I Am Not Spiritual
You who are spiritual….explain yourselves.
by William MacKinnon

I had an epiphany of sorts a few days ago while in my car. I was on the way to the hospital to see a church member who was sick. My revelation struck me so forcefully that I believe I said it out loud. “I’m not spiritual.” Then I proceeded to try to figure out what that meant.

I am a Christian. I am a follower of Christ and a believer in the bible. You might point out that to also say “I’m not spiritual” seems to be a contradiction. I agree. I’m somewhat bothered by it. You see there are so many things that seem to go with Christian spirituality that I’m missing that it is difficult to come to any other conclusion.

Since my bicycle accident 2 weeks ago, during which I landed flat on my face, God’s been up to some pretty cool stuff in my life that I think is so important in the life of our church. I’ve discovered how hard it is for me to allow myself to be served by others. I mean, theres certainly a reason for this independence in my life I live by myself, and out of necessity have had to learn how to do most things for myself. I am a self-diagnosed independent woman, and proud of it!!! But there are several ways that this independence can be a problem.

The first problem that independence causes is in my relationship with God. God created us to be dependent on Him, and to me there’s no better example of this than in our bodies. One of the most amazing things I learned during my medical training is how incredibly small, insignificant problems in the chemistry of our bodies can lead to serious health issues, or even death! This is just one small example of how dependent we are on God to keep us ticking. In my independence, I don’t intentionally snub God, but I tend to go around doing things, making my own decisions, and, because of my independence, end up doing many things without involving Him at all. I am dependent on Him whether I realize it or not, and whether I acknowledge it or not in practical ways in my life. Living in dependence on Him is the way God created us to live, and life is much more full (John 10:10) when we live it that way.