I may have mentioned here before that in a different life I could have been a pastor. I actually studied and trained for three years after graduating with an English B.A. to be a Lutheran pastor. Even had a congregation for a year, preached every Sunday, led bible studies and retreats.

In the end though, I took my M.A. in Theology and wandered in a different direction.

I like the word wander. I do not think it is an accident that it so close in spelling to the word wonder. For isn’t the whole point of wandering in the end to wonder?

In a few months, I will be 65. Here on the pages of this blog, between posts about baseball and coffee and books and poetry, I am continuing to wander and to wonder. To try and pay attention to the things that really matter. Not to money or popularity or being an influencer of any kind. Only to try and pay attention with wonder to a life and creation is that is ultimately an unearned gift from a loving God.