The Launch of Fink Think

What better way to launch this blog than with a picture of my beautiful bride on a day when she was particularly beautiful - a trip to Coos Bay for a wedding when the weather was sunny and warm, and the amazing garden we were in was in full bloom. We're notoriously not photogenic, so I hope that we can find a few more to slap up here in the next few weeks to add to the fun.

My hope with this blog is threefold. First, I want to develop my own internal dialogue by structuring my thoughts in a way that is both creative and disciplined, honed by the accountability of being shared with friends. Second, I hope to add depth and dimension to the relationships with which I have been blessed and that are already seeded with an unusual amount of thoughtfulness and possibility. And third, it is my hope that by developing a more structured, complex forum with people for whom I have so much respect and affection, I can create a foundational kinetic will that would lead to memories, and history, beyond the words we write or say.

The topics that are most salient for me at this time are varied, though some are more philosophical in nature and therefore more likely to command the volume of these posts. In particular, Emily's theological study at Gordon-Conwell provokes discussion on topics from God, the nature of humanity, leadership, organizational design, and teleology.

Others are more informational and more likely take the form of brain-dumps and external links as I learn about topics on my radar today like slow living, organic foods and proactively avoiding cancer, opportunities to improve the environment, politics on the state, national and international level, immigration, education, and finance.

And many if not most will be personal, quasi-journal topics that catalog and share the moments I'm making at this time that I am increasingly realizing is so important in the narrative of my own life and the lives of my contemporary and imminent community.