Guess who's back...

...back again, JV's back, tell a friend.

I've decided to start over in the blogging world and have deleted my previous posts for that very reason.

I still intend for this to be a blog of faith seeking understanding (interspersed with more interesting material) as this seems to be my eternal state.

So where am I at?

I'm unemployed, made redundant two weeks ago.

I'm unchurched, haven't been part of a church regularly for maybe approaching 2 years.

I'm still a Christian but struggling with much about the faith if I'm honest - I don't have a problem with the Bible, more the faith I see in those around me. I just don't feel that I connect with a lot of it, it's alien to me.

I'm a lot less certain about everything than I ever have been, verging on liberal though ironically I couldn't describe myself as a liberal Christian, not sure I could be categorised as evangelical either but I'm not fussed about fitting a category.

I'd have to say that my faith is more of a religion than a love affair (to reverse a G.K. Chesterton quote), spurred on by a lack of prayer or regular reading of the Bible.

I have a lovely girlfriend who I think also struggles with the above in me.

I have direction in terms of employment, I want to be a probation officer though this will have to wait until the Spring.

I have little to no direction spiritually.