Knight: noun [ME, from OE cniht man-at-arms, boy, servant; akin to OHG kneht youth, military follower]
1. a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior
2. a man honored by a sovereign for merit
3. a man devoted to service of another as an attendant or champion
Dei: noun [ME, from LL] the genetive singular of deus, meaning God
I have never felt comfortable putting a fish (ichthys) on the back of my car. The fact is, I can be a pretty lousy driver at times, and I just don’t want Jesus’ reputation to be sullied by association.
The same goes for this web site. It’s a place where I can opine, rant, ponder, share, and generally “spill the tea” (as my daughter would say) about whatever’s on my mind. And, me being who and what I am, some of that is inevitably going to wind up being pretty . . . icky. And I really don’t want any of that to be debited to Jesus’s account — even though it all already has.
I chose “Knight and Dei” not because it’s clever — or, maybe not just because it’s clever. I chose it because I hope to write A LOT about God (among other things). Thus, the “Dei”. And, as a devoted servant of God — his “knight”* of sorts — I hope to write a lot about what God is doing in my life.
I also hope to write about a lot of other things. Given the interesting times we live in, politics will be big, I expect. Social issues, music, movies, law, food, family, and a whole lot of whatever else comes to mind. Welcome to my world.
But here’s the thing, it all goes back to God. Because — and this is what a lot of people don’t get — God’s fingerprints are all over all of it. And if we don’t see that — when I don’t see that — that’s when it gets icky. And my perspective has to change.
So really, this is more of an exercise in accountability. Trying to keep my vision clear, my perspective straight. Feel free to help me out. I’ll fail a lot. And so I’ll just keep waltzing. More on that another time.
Pistis kai zoe: Faith and life. Indeed.
*I should point out here that, notwithstanding the definition above, God has honored me not because of, but entirely despite any merit I possess.
