IN THE BEGINNING...

I HAVE ALWAYS MADE FUN OF BLOGS. THE "WORD" BLOG IS AN UGLY AND WEIRD NAME THAT I THOUGHT WAS A PERFECT NAME FOR IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE WHOLE IDEA WAS STRANGE. SO I WAS WRONG... WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY OTHER THAN HERE'S MY BLOG. I WENT WITH BLACK BECAUSE I'M A WINTER.

ITS PURPOSE IS TO BE A HOME TO MY DOCTRINAL ESSAYS, LESSONS, TALKS, ALONG WITH MY NEW FOUND TALENT... WRITING MUSICAL-RHYMING LYRICS ALSO KNOWN AS RAPS. ALTHOUGH NOT ALL OF MY LYRICS ARE INTENDED TO BE RAPS AT LEAST ONE THUS FAR IS, MY FIRST ONE.

A FRIEND AND OLD ROOMMATE, WHO WE WILL CALL DANIEL VISSER FOR LACK OF A BETTER NAME, WOULD WRITE RAPS REGULARLY. AFTER SHARING MANY OF HIS RAPS WITH ME, LATE ONE NIGHT AT 3 A.M. WHEN I COULDN'T SLEEP, I THOUGHT TO MYSELFS, "I WONDER IF I CAN WRITE A RAP?" 45 MINUTES LATER THE REST BECAME HISTORY. SO IT TURNS OUT I HAD A HIDDEN TALENT OR SOME WOULD MAYBE ONLY CALL IT A SLIGHT ABILITY TO WRITE SONGS. I DON'T CALL THEM POEMS BECAUSE THEY ARE SONGS. THEY WILL ONE DAY BE PUT TO MUSIC BY MY FRIENDS AND MY BROTHER CODY IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

FOR MY MASTERS PROJECT I AM WRITING A BOOK ON DOCTRINAL THEMES OF THE GOSPEL. IT WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN OTHER BOOKS. THE BOOK IS INTENDED FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE GOSPEL. MANY OF THOSE WRITINGS WILL HOPEFULL BE SEEN HERE AS I WORK ON THE PROJECT.

I WILL TRY TO POST A NEW ITEM EITHER DOCTRINE/CHURCH OR MUSIC/LYRICS EACH DAY, AT THE MINIMUM EACH WEEK. IF YOU HAVE ANY REQUESTS LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN PULL OUT OF MY SLEEVE.

SO READ AWAY, ENJOY IT OR HATE IT, AS LONG AS YOU DO EITHER OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN IS ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME. LEAVE ME A COMMENT AND USE YOUR REAL NAME UNLESS I KNOW YOU AS "SOMETHING" ELSE. IN ADDITION, DON'T FORGET TO BE NICE SOMETIMES.