And, we're off.......

I'm going to need you to employ a little imagination here, ok?

You're standing with a bottle of champagne in your hand. Don't get too excited- it's not for drinking. Raise that baby up high and throw it at this page as hard as you can, declaring "I name this blog 'Wearing a Fish'.... Wait- wearing a what?"

Don't ask questions- just get on with it. Jeez, I wouldn't have picked you if I'd known you were going to go all judgmental on me. Just throw the thing....

"I name this blog 'Wearing A Fish. God bless her and all who sail in her, er, read her....whatever"

Cue smashing of bottle against the screen (sorry about that- but, hey, you were daft enought to lob a bottle of bubbly at your computer). And we're off on our maiden post!

By now you've probably got the idea that this isn't going to be some deep academic exploration into theological matters. It's less:
'But, of course, the original Aramaic clearly shows that the use of the plural of 'lion' shows more than one lion was in there!' 
and more:
'These are the voyages of  a very ordinary Christian- her ongoing mission to explore strange new parts of this faith of ours, to seek out new life (any life- signs of life are good) in our Christian community and bodly go where generations have gone before- and hey, d'you want to tag along for the ride????'

Like I said- not deep and academic. Don't get me wrong, I love academic study. I've always enjoyed that aspect of digging deeper into the Bible and I love learning about the historical and cultural background and so on. 'Study to show yourself approved to God' is not a problem for me. I can study the heck out of things!
But the further along I get in my faith, the more I know that all the knowledge in the world doesn't amount to much if it doesn't become 'real'. So- that's my part of the journey....to continue to 'keep it real'; to see God in the every day as well as the big stuff and to live it- not just dissect it!

As my daughter says- 'Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.'
(It's just occurred to me that 'Tomatoes In My Fruit Salad' would have made a cool name for this blog.....).
So, folks, this is me- trying to keep my tomatoes in my salad and out of my custard and inviting you along. Who knows, maybe there'll be something worth taking away from here with you. And if not- then you can help pick me up when I trip face first into the yellow goo! No doubt there'll be some changes as I figure out what I want to put where- and thanks in advance for your patience. You're a wonderful audience- don't forget to tip your waitress....

Oh yeah- that 'God bless her' bit? I mean that. I really mean it. If God's not in it- I don't want to be either. Apply that to what you like, mes amis!

It's been a long waffle- but I can't go without saying thank you to the guys in our 'Huddle' group for getting on my case about starting this blog (look- it's real...I've actually done it!!!). You can make me a cup of tea next week!