Changes are Here.

In my last blog post, I shared that 2023 would bring some changes to my website, email list, and social media. I promised to share what they would be soon. So here are the changes.

There are two changes.

Combining Groups

First, I have two Facebook groups associated with my website and the journey I envisioned when I set it up. Pursuing Passionate Peace was created to seek out the balance between pursuing those things about which we are passionate with keeping an internal sense of peace and calm (even if the circumstances are anything but). Poring Over Scripture was created for those who wanted to dive deeper (pore over) Bible passages, and tolerate me geeking out about details that excite very few people other than me.

I need to combine these groups. One reason is because time constraints mean I can only focus on a single group effectively (except for a short term thing). The other is that I no longer have a desire to separate these two emphases.

I will invite one group to the other and the group name will be changing.

Honed Content Focus

Second, in this the upcoming year, I will focus in on balancing passion and peace. I do this from the perspective of my Christian faith. While I realize this isn’t true of everyone, this is who I am and I’m very clear on what I am called to do in this season of my life. Those who don’t appreciate the faith aspect may filter it out, but I will not be.

The Why

Why make these changes?

Because the separation of the groups and content was making a fundamental mistake in truly finding the balance of passion and peace.

We attempt to separate our bodies, our mind/will/emotions (also known as our soul) and our spirits from one another. Not only is this impossible to do but the attempt isn’t healthy.

I will be saying more about this throughout the year. For now, here’s my premise:

Each and every one of us were magnificently created as a triune being by a Triune God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit).

You are a spirit that has a soul and lives in a body.

All three parts of you must function cooperatively for you to find and keep a balance of passion and peace. This is what it means to be who you were created to be. So we will be exploring these three aspects of ourselves, how they interact, and how we can fully-integrate them.

Are you in? I hope so!