Introductory

In the past, I have engaged in the art of blogging. I did it a lot when I first left home for the Air Force. Most of the time, I would blog for a time and then come to a hiatus where it seemed my thoughts were just becoming regurgitations of the place in life that I was at.
Time would pass, and eventually, the newness of a new leg of the journey would inspire me to once again take to the keyboard. This would usually also include a change of blogging service.

With the inspiration of some good friends of mine and the advent of Google's world takeover, it seems appropriate that I begin a blog anew with this service.

But with this blog, I hope to start something new. Not just new for this cycle, but new altogether. I've been trying to think of a title for the blog, and it has eluded me. Now finally, after some interesting growth and discovery, the name hit.

Authentic Identity.

If you would humor me, please allow those two words to sit with you for a while. If I could take those two words and put them within the context of love, life, relationship, strife, victory, friendship and every other meaningful pursuit, then I would have something that would never become a regurgitation.

This is my goal. I never want have a meaningless regurgitation. I never want to become irrelevant because of mindless repetition.

My entire worldview is grounded in Christ Jesus.
If the concept of Christ as the very center...in fact, the very reason for my worldview scares you, then I invite you to keep reading. See what it is that makes me so bold/crazy/foolish as to make me really believe such a thing.

If the concept of Christ as the center of my worldview repulses you because you already have plenty of experience with the American expression of religious Christianity, then please...keep reading! I assure you that the Jesus that I follow, often looks quite a bit different than the popular expression of country club Christianity that is so prevalent today.

Now that the foundation is covered, the framework of my worldview is shaped by my understanding of who I am, and how I interact with the people around me.
First and foremost, I interact with my lovely wife and my daughter. I can quickly find how well I measure up to what I say by listening to my wife's view of how I treat her.
The concept simply expands from there to my friends, my relatives, my church, the dirty guy on the side of the street, the arrogant religious hypocrites, the politicians, and suburban apartment managers. All of them are people that I am to love. Not the English word "love", but the unconditional, uncomfortable, selfless, irrational love that doesn't seek it's own needs.
You know...the kind of love that English doesn't have the word for. That kind.

After the framework is established, then the skin and guts get put on.
These are my passions. Music is amazing. Mountain biking is a great activity. Dogs are awesome. Spicy Thai food warms my tummy like no other.

All of these elements make up my worldview. They make up me.

So with this blog...this NEW blog, I want to share my authentic identity with you.

Enjoy.