Welcome Back!
After a several-year hiatus, I am resuming the Rejoice and Be Glad In It blog. Thanks immensely to my bestie P for providing the link to the blog. It's a rainy windy spring day, good for coffee-drinking, evidently writing, or perhaps sitting reading on the couch with a cat or two on my lap. Ahh, retirement!!
Today's thoughts of resuming the blog began when I realized that for the past several years, virtually all of the nature-writing I have eagerly read is subtly (or not) infused with liberal ideology counter to my current worldview. Back in the day most of the nature writing I recall was simply that. There was no overt or implied verbiage regarding the verboten topics of religion or politics and their respective rabbit trails. This nature writing was friendly to any belief system. Unfortunately, nowadays, at least in my world, apparently most stuff of any topic available to read is slanted one way or the other. That upsets me. Is it too much to ask to be open-minded to other viewpoints, explore them wisely without judgement, and politely respect one another? There is often something useful to glean. I admit, it is nearly impossible for me to continue reading articles lambasting my viewpoint, but also even lambasting the opposite viewpoint. It's very embarrassing to read rude conservative articles. How far do the authors think liberals would get in those articles before stopping reading in disgust? Or are these articles meant to fan the flames of passion for whatever viewpoint, and make it easier for supporting readers to continue funding the article source?
I am going out on a limb here. I used to be broadly conservative, then was broadly liberal for several exploratory decades, and am now once again generally conservative, with some exceptions. My liberal friends may be upset at reading this. My guess is that this is news to many of them. True friends will remain my friend on the basis of commonalities and love/respect for each other, and overlook the differences. My intent is definitely not to insult anyone but to give folks something to think about.
The nature and focus of future posts is to be determined. I am waffling between continuing the prior thread of giving the Lord of the Universe (God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) the glory regarding His creation, or generic posts. At this point I will probably have a little of each, time permitting.
If you wish to comment on this blog post, I will not entertain debate via the blog. I am happy to discuss further privately.
Thanks for listening and for respecting my viewpoint and wishes.
And on a lighter note - happy spring!
