Over The Waves, Further Revisited

Yeah, so you might have noticed A LOT different about "Father Zelonis' Corner."

Like its author, this blog is "a work in progress."  Before long it might get reinvented more than Cher.

The present incarnation is basically the renaming of FZC.  It also replaces "The Shipwrack-Harvest" that began only a couple of days ago with a distinct appearance and purpose.  The new name has carried over, and the purpose of SH (reflection on Hopkins' poetry) also carries over as an occasional feature.

Simplification is the intended purpose.  Things are getting back into gear at Holy Guardian Angels: the new school year, PREP, RCIA, plus most of the activities of our various parish organizations.  Not much time remains for fiddling with the infrastructure of my online activity.

For the past several weeks I have been clarifying my goals for this activity.  The most salient:

• To Evangelize and Catechize according to the Heart and Mind of Christ and the Catholic Church;
• To feature good authors and musicians;
• To engage in wholesome self-expression in matters light and grave

I enjoin my august readership--all dozen or so of you, and the legion yet to come--to assist me in these goals by:

• Asking questions about the Faith
• Suggesting topics to be treated
• Commenting constructively on posts
• Sending worthwhile leads to shipwrackharvest@gmail.com

Let us pray for each other, so that the voyage/tillage of the Shipwrack-Harvest might be effective "for our good, and for the good of all His holy Church."

Over The Waves, Revisited

While my previous posting concerned a transmission across airwaves, this posting posits me in the midst of a tempestuous sea.

The situation isn't as dramatic as it sounds.

For some time I have been considering the creation of a blog by the name of The Shipwrack-Harvest.  Strange, that I had a name for it before I had a purpose.  But that's the Internet for you, making it easier to "shoot first and ask questions later."  Shoot I did, with this result:

Wow--for the very first time I just took a "screenshot" on my computer!  I've done it numerous times on my phone (though only once on purpose).  This demonstrates to you, patient reader, how far I've come.

Unlike St. Paul, who considered himself in no way inferior to the "superapostles" (2 Cor 11:5), I have questioned my own effectiveness as a blogger.  Some have suggested better--or any--marketing; I proffer ongoing refinement of writing skills and general discipline (with special emphasis on reading, reflecting, and writing).  With the advent of SH, I suspect I will be further "burdened with much serving" (John 10:40).

Not unlike the vessel after which this new blog is named, I don't know how SH will end up.  I may decide to funnel everything into it, to let it capsize, or to balance blogwork betwixt the two.

My decision may come quickly; but so may Christ, rendering deliberation unnecessary.  Meanwhile, I like the title and the concept, so we'll see.

My readership is most welcome to contribute opinions, as one reader has done.  Meanwhile, the "one thing necessary" (Luke 10:42)--pastoral activity--will not abate.  Fine by me!