Writing this blog sometimes seems rather self-centered. Arrogant in fact. What makes me think the world needs to hear my latest, greatest, flash of brilliance? But, then I think about the blogs I read. My favorite ones are about real people living ordinary lives. People who capture the sacred in a mundane Tuesday morning. The ones who admit their mess and then tell me how God cleaned it up.

And this morning I remembered that one reason I write at all is found in the final verse of one of my favorite psalms in the Bible. Psalm 107 is the theme song for the intentional community where we live. It describes perfectly the conglomeration of hopeless people who have come together to build a life. It also describes the journey of our own family and of many families I know.

In the end, my urge to write this blog all comes down to this:

Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord. Psalm 107:43.

I hope you see it.