Stuff that interests me enough to write about

My wife and I

Why Blog?

I started this blog because I read a blurb some place that said if you want to be a writer then you should write at least 250 words a day on something. The blurb advertised a website that allowed a person to do that.

I don’t necessarily want to be a writer but I do like to write and most of what I write has to do with my ministry as a biblical counselor and associate pastor. I have another blog dedicated to my ministry on Google’s blogger.

So what I wanted to do here is write more for fun and about stuff I’m interested in.  I figured I could write more regularly if I kept it simple and produce the various blog entries mostly off the top of my head.

It’s nice if others read it but it’s not my main goal. I’d consider it more of fringe benefit. My main goal is to write for fun and develop further as a writer.

And that’s the way I started out. Once I produced a number of posts I found I was enjoying blogging. I also found it interesting to see which kind of posts received the most hits. I also found that there were some things that required me to “not be so much off the top of my head.” In those cases I wanted to be accurate so I began to include links that could be referenced. The truth is, the more I blog the more I enjoy it but if I’m not careful it could get to be more like a job in the way it takes time.

As I noted, my topics will be stuff that interests me and that can vary greatly although I won’t write about everything. While I enjoy the Packers and Brewers for example I won’t blog much about sports. There are tons of great sports blogs out there and really all I contribute is nostalgia and brag about how my teams are doing.

I like history, especially military history so you can expect a lot of that. I also have hobbies related to my interest in history like collecting military miniatures.

I also enjoy playing military history wargames on the pc. My current favorites are Gary Grisby’s War in the East, Field of Glory for PC’s and The Operational Art of War. I got them all from Matrix Games .

I’m also interested in conservative politics and would fit into the Tea Party category although the Tea Party is not a political party and more like a set of values and principles. I think the US has a great Constitution and take the not “it’s silly putty” view that means you get to reinterpret it anyway a bunch of judges see fit in order to practice social engineering.

I’m also a minister of the gospel so many of my posts will reflect my biblical worldview and my theology.

For those interested in what that means I’m a Doctrines of Grace (Calvinist) guy but fit into a progressive dispensationalist camp. Posts that reflect my theology will reflect those things as well

If that bothers some of my readers that’s fine; I just ask you be civil if you choose to dialog since I won’t publish comments that are not civil.

I live in Wisconsin and have been married to the same wonderful gal for 36 years. I have one married son and one grandson. We have an annoying cockatiel named Abraham.

My ministry is in Kenosha, WI although I live in Milwaukee County.