Welcome to Ken’s Blog

This is my first blog.  What I mean to say is this is the first time I have ever blogged.  Oh, I have read some, and quite frankly wanted to add my comment a time or two, but until now, I have resisted.  Actually, I have wanted to do this sort of thing for quite some time.  Before I became the pastor of Arbor Heights Community Church, I attended a mega church.   One of my frustrations was not having a venue to ask questions or give my opinion or for that matter challenge the conventional wisdom.  It’s not that I wanted to cause trouble, but what I did want, was to have a conversation.  I wanted a place for my voice.  The pastor had a platform from which his voice could resonate, but I had nothing.  There was no place where I could contribute, challenge or share my musings regarding the church and my journey with Christ.

Therein is the ultimate purpose of this blog.  In that context I said to myself, if I ever have the opportunity to be a senior pastor again, I will create a place where other believers can have their voice heard.  It will be a place where a conversation can take place between fellow believers; a place where their thoughts, ideas, or frustrations can be shared and a place where “we” can wrestle through together the amazing journey of a life with Christ and His church.

As with all blogs, you have the opportunity to keep your identity anonymous.   This will allow you to speak freely and I encourage you to so.  However, I also encourage you to be constructive. I have never been impressed by someone’s ability to see the “wrong” in something.  Most folk can do that.  What impresses me, are those that can see not only the wrong, but the way to “right” that “wrong”.   What impresses me even more is the one that can see the “wrong”, discover the resolution and implement it without grandstanding about the “wrong”.  So, though we must consider the “wrong”, it is the “right” that brings resolution that is the primal goal of this blog.  I do have final approval as to what comments are posted.  Given this is a church blog; I will use discretion in posting comments that keep this a constructive experience.

My personal goal is to post once a week.  I will make every attempt to keep to that commitment.  My posts will reflect my thoughts on my journey with Christ and His church and of course reflections on any of your thoughts and comments.  I invite you to start a conversation on another topic.  My hope is that every conversation will benefit our own life with Christ and the life we share with each other in Christ.

Ken