In the Coracle

What I’m Up To

May 20, 2006 // Tags: Uncategorized

Clearly I’m not blogging so much these days.Â Three major reasons for that:Â 1) we’re now < 2 months away from delivery of baby Brogan and doing Lamaze class this weekend; 2) I continue to work ‘a real job’, which takes up a lot of my reading and writing time, and 3) I’ve started grad school and begun work on a Masters of Theological Studies, probably concentrating in spiritual formation.Â I’ll write more about at least the first and third, but for now know that all is well.Â Life is full, but it’s good.

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Introduction

Welcome! I'm Pat, and I'll be your host here. Please 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 architect for DeepRockDrive, a web software company that does live, interactive concerts streamed over the Internet. 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

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.