So this here is the first of hopefully
many blogs here at Teach Me Your Ways, and
I thought I would use it as an introduction to me, what I hope the
site to be, and why I am doing it.
To start, my name
is Gene Coatney, although I am also known by my nickname Geno. My
wife and closest friend, Dawn, and I have been together for more than
eighteen years now, and we have five beautiful children that always
keep us on our toes. The activities that I most enjoy are hiking,
foraging, reading, writing, cooking, and just plain relaxing. I had
thought to include a kind of history of how we got to where we are
spiritually, but it is complicated enough that I think I will do
posts now and then that are a study of how we got here. There will
most likely be a lot of them. Suffice it to say it has been a long
road (our own fault), and it will be a good thing for me to have it
all written out.
My goal for this
site is to get out all my thoughts on spirituality, God, Jesus, the
Bible, and all related issues. I also hope to use it to show where I
am at, such as where I am in my walk with Christ, recent things that
might have happened that have relevance to this, and also what I
happen to be in the process of learning through books, classes or
sermons.
Why am I doing
this when I already have enough trouble making myself write for my
other blog? I went into a bit of depth on this on the Mountain
Life site, (here is a link Changes ), mostly I feel an intense need
to get these things written out. I know that I will benefit from
writing them as I generally process things better when I take the
time to do it. It is also nice to have the record to look back upon,
and perhaps my children will think so as well one day. My prayer is
that this could also be helpful to people, reading about someone who
has went through the same issues, has the same question, being a
comfort or blessing. Maybe you will even find something to poke fun
at. Regardless your reason for being here, please feel welcome to
leave a comment or question and I will try to reply as soon as
possible.
God Bless,
Geno
