Hello, welcome to Jesse's Cacophony. I began this blog as a spiritual discipline of sorts. I got motivated at the beginning of summer to read through my Bible, a task I've never seriously undertaken. Reasons being: (1) I don't process well unless I write, and doing this manually takes more time than it takes for my mind to think it (2) I don't usually process scripture well unless I have meaningful discussion involved (3) lack of motivation and just plain laziness (4) It's a daunting task, I mean, have you ever actually desired to read through genealogies and Mosaic law?! and (5) I tend to be way cynical, so sometimes I don't appreciate scripture enough.
Back before the invention of the printing press (thereby making the written Word more accessible to common folk) the scriptures were rarely read alone, individually, but were always read en masse. This helped others learn because not everyone is a visual learner, kept the reader accountable for his or her interpretation of scripture (especially in Jewish contexts), and bound the whole community together as one body. For this reason, I believe strongly that scriptures need to be interpreted and applied as a community, not just as an individual, because we are the body of Christ, not the disassociated severed head or fingers of the body.
So if you're reading this I would really appreciate your interpretations of the scriptures I am blogging about. This will help me vastly by: (1) keeping me accountable to my goals (2) keeping me accountable to heretical or imprecise interpretations of the scripture (3) enlightening me by your interpretations, experiences and incites which I whole-heartily invite, and (4) that we can learn together as a body and hopefully inspire others.
A disclaimer: those of your who know me know that I can be very long winded, so read at your own risk of boredom. Also, given the experiences I've had as a believer, our interpretations of scripture may not line up perfectly (they may not even be in the same ball park!), but if you feel strongly about something, comment and post! The best way for us both to learn is to learn together. I believe in the art of agreeing to disagree, thus exemplified by the new testament church and not so well exemplified by the modern church.
Anyway, here's your ticket, take a ride with me. May the peace of God be upon you!
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