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"Dad-Blogs? Hmm." I'm a dad. I'm a blogger. Sounds like something I should look into then, doesn't it?
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So, I'm new here. I'd been blogging for awhile now, mostly about topics relating to parenting. Or my faithlife. Or more often, about them both.
I've been invited to write here, at Dad-Blogs, in the newly minted "Faith" section. It was tempting to pat myself on the back for being such an impressive thinker, and writer. It was tempting to congratulate myself on finding this new venue to write in. It was tempting to begin to fantasize about me, and my deep, deep thoughts, pressing their way into the hearts of dads all over the world.
Boy that would have been a mistake.
I don't think the advent of this new section has anything to do with me, with my insights, or even my previous writings at Stories and Fingerprints. I think that what it means is that there is an entire generation of men who can sense something missing in their dad-consciences- something missing from their lives. And they are asking around. They're talking. With each other. With themselves.
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I'm going to speak out of that experience in my life. I'm going to speak out my ambition to unify my life- to take back every section of my life that has been separated, walled off and partitioned, and bring them together. Apart from each other, I live in conflict. Apart from each other, my life feels disjointed, disconnected, dissonant. It feels confusing. Joined by the sinew of faith, I feel my body take shape. I feel my heart begin to understand how my childhood forms my parenting, how my job history affects my parenting, how my self-valuation affects my parenting- through the eyes of faith, I begin to see who I am, who God is, and what God wants me to be and do.
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None of you reading this have had my experiences. None of you have had my childhood, nor my job history, wife, children, or any of my life-direction vector changing experiences. That's ok. I haven't had yours. And we will certainly see things differently because of that. Thank God for that. Otherwise, we'd really have nothing to talk about, and Dad-blogs wouldn't really be that interesting, would it?
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At this point, I think it would be appropriate for me to say that I speak for myself. I speak for other men who have themselves made decisions in their own faith-lives that are similar to mine. The views I hold so near to my heart are mine. I do not ask permission to hold them, nor to publish them. And I'm not given permission. They are not beliefs, opinions, or views that are necessarily endorsed by, suggested by, or held by dad-blogs.com but rather, dad-blogs.com has offered to give ALL of us a venue to put forth our respective faith-journey's as fathers.
If you at any point wish to take issue with something I've published, I encourage discussion. I covenant with you to be truthful, decent, forth-coming, and above all, God honoring. I ask that you agree to treat my writing as the writing of a broken, but healing person, flawed, but being sanctified over time. I'm just a dad. And a blogger. So let's start with that.
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Sean is a 32 husband of one, for eight years, father of 3 children, Tigger (XY), 'Mo (XY), and Grr (XX). We recently moved to a small farm in rural Iowa from our downtown home, and are transitioning to farm life. He is a songwriter, worship leader, and ... blog-writer. Aside from that he is managing the farm, and is deep in the work of day-to-day child-rearing. He has another blog at <http://www.storiesandfingerprints.com>
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written by Joeprah, February 09, 2010
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written by Daddy Files, February 09, 2010
Even those of different faiths can recognize a talented writer, and just in this post alone you've shown that. Although this is not my particular area of expertise, I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts.
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written by BellaDaddy, February 10, 2010
If you have read my blog, or know anything about me, you will understand how I may not fit into this particualr thread...however, I am certainly looking forward to more...and hey, maybe I can comment here and there ;-)
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written by SurprisedMom, February 11, 2010
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written by JeffJonz, February 11, 2010
I'm a newbie to Dad Blogs and was originally a little disappointed not to see a Faith section. For many of us dads, faith is an integral parts of who we are as men, fathers and husbands as a whole. So, I'm pumped to see this new section, and I look forward to reading and sharing your thoughts!
Jeff
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Welcome, Sean.