From Ashes, the Magazine – A Vision

It may be that this blog creates its own space, and develops its own purpose. The purpose I have intended it for, however, is to be the first home of a vision of mine. The vision?

To create (or join) a magazine that lives and breathes Detroit, that aims to repair broken homesteads, to build up the walls of the city, to strengthen knees that are failing. The magazine would be something of a rallying point for faithful Detroiters who are tired of their city failing. What’s more, it would draw people in from the suburbs, aiming to — through the work of the Holy Spirit — mend relationships tarnished by fear and alienation.

The vision is a gigantic one, and I am nothing and no one to embark upon it. And yet, I believe that, if God wants such a magazine to exist, He will bring it to pass, and I am willing to be His servant in that.

As I write this blog entry, I know that it is published into the emptiness. I have not taken great trouble to publicize my blog, and I’m not sure I want to. Perhaps I am called to the faith that plants a seed in the silence, nourishes it, and waits for the growth to come.

In the meantime, I’m going to use this place as a brainstorming bulletin, a place to develop this magazine idea. When I was younger, I would take an idea like this and immediately throw all my energy into it; in short order, the idea had sprung up and died. Today, I feel that I must till the soil before I place the fertilizer, and the soil is here on this page.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, my Rock and my Redeemer.

~ by Daniel on April 28, 2009.