Life on a Crag

Hi all



This is my first blog, it seems that anyone who is someone is blogging these days. Thus thinking myself to be someone here I am blogging.



For those who are wondering why I named my blog "Life On A Crag" I will tell you. I grew up on the Eastern Coast of Canada, yes I have a unique Canadian accent. As a kid, we had a black and white TV, with those lighted tubes in the back, and a funny looking brown flat wire that went from the back of the TV up between the crack in the ceiling near the chimney and disappeared into the attic somewhere connecting us to the Wonderful World of Disney and beyond.



I know this will be foreign to some, but we got a lot of exercise watching TV...how? Will we had to get up and walk across the room to change the channel - all two of them. Sometimes just when you were really comfortable on the couch you would have to get up a few times and jiggle the channel button to get it on just the right cog, or reach behind and jiggle that flat brown wire for the best reception...especially if it was snowing outside or the wind was blowing or if it was raining or if a bird was sitting on the wires somewhere in other parts of Canada...



Anyway, sometimes on Saturday's I would watch "National Geographic"...not by choice, simply because it was the only thing on and given the other channel at certain times would have all these geese flapping their wings at sickening speeds... There was one eposide of National Geographic that totally intrigued me...when they would show the birds (Puffins) on or near Baffin Island. It always amazed me how much "life" existed amongst these rocky cliffs (Crags). It still intrigues me that these birds can build their nests, lay eggs, hatch and be totally safe and comfortable on a Crag.



I find myself baffled (no pun intended) that a Crag can be so dangerous and yet so safe all at the same time. Why is it safe for these Puffins and their families?Maybe because they have learned how to adapt to their surroundings, they have learned how to make these otherwise dangerous clifts serve them and their purposes. Then again, maybe they haven't learned anything...maybe they are just doing what God ordained for them to be doing and anywhere that God places someone He is more than able to sustain them in that place.



I have always liked writing, one day the thought crossed my mind about writing a book. I thought, every good book should have a good title, while praying about this, in my mind I could see Puffins standing on the edge of clifts...thus the title of my would be book or now my blog - "Life On A Crag...enjoying the Church"



That is what I want to do with this blog...write about what life on a crag or in a church is sometimes like. Write about my experiences growing up in church...and how church is sometimes unsafe and safe all at the same time...just like on the edge Baffin Island where the Puffins happily carry on life year after year.



Here's my credentials... I am forth generation Pentecostal, I come from a long line of Church workers on both sides of my family. My Dad was the type of congregation member who was always there, if the church door was open to the public my Dad made sure we, as a complete family, were there. We did not have the option of staying home, if there was a service at the church the Pastor could bank on the Browns being there. My Dad would make sure that we arrived early and left late..now as a Pastor not much has changed in that area...why is it that when I am not on lock-up duty I still tend to be the last person to leave the building??? Anyway, as time goes on...I hope to write things that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you want to lift your hands in awe of a wonderful Jesus who has helped me thoroughly enjoy "Life on A Crag"



I look forward to some interaction with those who might be interested to read my blog on a regular basis, thus I encourage your feed back but I am not into nasty criticism, constructive but not nasty...



ps... through this blog may the Lord spur you on to new things in Him! I firmly believe that if Jesus can do this in me He can do it in you also...because you are NOT chopped liver!