Introduction
Welcome! I'm Pat Loughery, and I'll be your host here. Feel free comment on what you see here. I am a lay missionary to North Bend on the east side of Seattle, a husband, dad to 2 kids, a software test manager for
Equiom, Inc.,, a software consulting company. I'm also a failed and (quite possibly future) church planter and a Doctor of Ministry student with
Bakke Graduate University, and usually on this blog we discuss Christian spirituality (especially of the Celtic, post-Evangelical, post-Charismatic and neo-monastic flavors), photography, motorcycles, and other oddball things.
About the Coracle
I'm trying to live a deep and relational Christian life. As I study Christian spirituality, I find the Celtic stream helpful, challenging and liveable. One of the images from early Celtic Christianity is their sea transport - the coracle.
The ancient Celts traveled in coracles - handmade, wooden framed and hide-covered boats, to journey where the trinitarian God led them. Though the transportation was simple, the journey was profound. This image is an illustration of the way I experience God's guidance - an invitation to travel with him on his paths, not mine; at his pace, not mine.
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jose said...
1I generally don’t like beer. Really, I just like Guiness. And if I just like Guinness, what other beers would recommend?
05/10/06 1:02 PM | Comment Link
Pat said...
2(Mark, jump in here)
The beer style that Guinness fits into is an Irish stout. There are other Irish stouts that are pretty good - Murphy’s, for example. Stouts are a bit darker and often drier tasting than porters, but you may find that you like a porter like Black Butte Porter, out of Oregon. It’s a nice sweet porter. Guinness brews Smithwick’s, which is a lighter amber colored beer, and you may like that one. But if you like Guinness, you’re pretty much set for taste from my perspective :)
05/10/06 1:12 PM | Comment Link