Casserole: My life in a dish

I hate casseroles. The joke around my house is that I won't eat anything with more than four ingredients, and if you know me personally, you are laughing right now, because that is 100% truth.  Funny that I would name a blog, not to mention my very first blog post, after something I intensely despise. Nevertheless, after NUMEROUS attempts to compartmentalize my life (much like I do my evening meals), I have come to the conclusion that all of life is a giant casserole.

Each ingredient, in one way or another, adds flavor to the casserole, those of which by themselves are insignificant, and sometimes flat-out nasty.  Take lasagna for instance (one might consider lasagna to be a casserole of sorts); I've never seen anyone eat a spoon-full of ground beef by itself.  What about a little cottage cheese - again, by itself, GROSS!  Noodles, sauce, shredded cheeses. . . alone they are incomplete, they must be complimented.

My point:  following Christ, being a Husband, leading my Family, and Education (my job), in isolation are insufficient.  Each of them, however, combined in one big dish (which is my life) enhances and provides insight into every situation I encounter.

The posts to follow will be a collection of thoughts and reflections that bounce around in my head from time to time.  There will be occasions, more times than not, that the above mentioned "ingredients" in my life will seem to be out-of-sorts, out of order, or even in direct contradiction with one another.  I certainly have more questions than I do answers, which is why I would like to highlight these ideas, and more importantly, would love to open them up for discussion and/or reflection by you.

So welcome friends to my table; sit back, relax, and enjoy a nice plate of delicious casserole.