so it begins

“Wanting to know where we are going is often how we fail to go anywhere at all.”

Julia Cameron, The Sound of Paper

I have done everything possible to do. . . other than really starting. I have written a blog post, I have done my work, I have pre-writing, I've read, I've researched, I have data. I've written why this topic inspires me. I've even written this.

Now it begins. I don't know where it's going, but I'm trusting the process. I'm trusting Anne Lamont's advice to "get my butt in the writing chair." I'm praying that I might have something to say that is of practical value, but also something that isn't practical at all--but inspiring somehow. I love teaching. I love faith. This is what I know.

My goal is simple, to write the truest sentence I know, and work everything else around it. Lord please bless my efforts and help me to have the confidence needed to do this thing that I know I'm incapable of doing. . . alone. Amen.