Greetings everyone brave enough to chance a perusal. My name is Stacy Allen Hildebrand. I'm the husband of Jennifer, the father of two daughters and a son, I'm the Family Life Minister of Southwest Christian Church in Fort Worth, Texas AND I'm a follower of Christ. That last part is the most important part. My formal education is in music and my personal studies center around theology or as I like to clarify for others - GODology. I want to know all I can about the Creator of our universe and any other universe which may also exist. I believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God. I believe Jesus died for our sins and that His plan was to set up His church to carry out His will in this world. I don't believe that God is found only inside church buildings, but I do believe that a faithful Christian will find himself inside a church building regularly. I hope that this tells you enough about me for you to determine whether or not it would be worth your time to continue reading.
Still here? Cool.
Okay. So I just heard about this new thing that allows people all over the world to share their thoughts with others from around the world. It's called clogging! Wait, no. That's not quite right. Blogging! That's it. Okay so it's not so new. But I would hate to be thought of as an "early adopter". I mean, we saw what happened with Betamax, Laserdisc, HD-DVD and Alec Baldwin's self-imposed exile. I'm just saying. . .
However, I guess I do have some things that I would like to share on occasion, and I suppose this is the best place to do it. God shows us all things in our lives that are amazing. Each of us who profess faith in Christ, while on a common journey homeward, have very unique experiences getting there. Mine may not be the most exciting one, but hopefully there will be things that God reveals to me that will be useful to some of you as well.
So, instead of allowing all these ideas to simply collect dust in the attic of my soul, I'm going to "turn on the attic fan" as it were, shake the cobwebs loose and blow the experiences of my faith-walk out into the living room of the world below allowing everyone else to choke on the loess of my spirit from time to time. And in return, I ask that you share your soot with me. Sound good?
A.W. Tozer defines faith as "the gaze of a soul upon a saving God". It shall be my intention to give you a glimpse of my "gaze" and hopefully be an encouragement to some. I sincerely request your comments for the reciprocal purpose - to encourage me as well.
Blessings.
Stacy
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