So why the peculiar title. I don't really know. I began with 'ruminations' and then 'ambidextrous' occurred to me... I am not skilled in depth psychology in either of its applications: to others, or to oneself. I won't even think of going there. Feel free if you've a mind for that sort of thing. I have always felt (well, almost always) it (psychoanalysis) was a collossal waste of time, insufficiently supported by empirical data, etc. and on and on.
That may give you an idea of where part of me has been (and therefore is "coming from"). All but dissertation in philosophy from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI and from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Both solidly analytical in orientation and even "unreconstructed positivist". That's right - it took me two shots to discover I did not want to be an academic. No loss there all right. But then, what to do? What to do?
Somehow or other - this might be explored in another entry - I wound up getting an M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO ... and then trying two gigs as a pastor. I can safely say that at the time I had not the slightest clue what a pastor was to do or be. I spent my time (approximately 40-50 hrs per week) in sermon preparation.
So, that's where I'm coming from:: analytical philosophy wedded to reformed theology.
Strange bedfellows indeed. But it is where I've been. Where I am going, Jesus only knows.
Philippians 1.21.
