After years of swearing avoidance, I committed the unthinkable.  I have created a blog.

 I would probably be considered something of a writer.  I recently (last week) graduated with my BA in English.  I often have alot of interesting harebrained ideas floating around inside my cranium.  And I talk continuously.  Consequently, various friends have attempted to persuade me to create a blog. Quite possibly the added pressure is because they are somewhat exhausted of my late night wine or coffee enabled rants, and desire another form of artistic "expression" for me. Or perhaps they honestly care about me and my future as a writer and believe there is some nugget of truth and value in the spectrum of our late night conversations.  Regardless of motivation, I'm now a reluctant 'blogger'.

I named my blog "As In A Mirror" after a passage in First Corinthians.  I believe the whole of writing and literature, at its best, is an attempt to look into the mirror--we see only a dim reflection of the depth, terror, and beauties of the eternal, but we must tell what we see.  Our Creator is the great artist.  Artists are communicators--we must share, connect, and communicate, or we fade.  Created in His image for His Glory, we seek to connect with and share our experience with those who share a common Maker.  We bring Him the most glory when we share the greatest perfection and attempt at connection--His Love, His Son, and His Sacrifice.  It is only through the Son that we come into relationship and communion with the Father.  Through His Sacrifice we are able to live richly despite pain and look to eternity without fear.
  I believe that our time on this Earth is a preparation for eternity.  Human experience, in all its beauty and agony, reveals our connection to and need for a power higher than our own.
All we now see is but a dim reflection of what is to come.