Welcome to the World of Blog

I have finally taken the big plunge into the world of blogging. It did not take me the "5" minutes it should normally take. Since I am "creativity-challenged" it took me much longer to come up with a user name I hope to remember as well as the name for my blog spot. After much searching, I chose "The Kibbutz" for a couple of reasons. I came across this interesting Yiddish word while thumbing through a thesaurus. It caught my attention and when I looked up its meaning, I felt that it was an appropiate term for this site. A kibbutz is "a settlement community (in Israel), chiefly agricultural, organized under collectivist principles." You might be wondering what "collectivist principles" are. Well, my dictionary defines "collectivism" as "the political principle of centralized social and economic control." Centralized, of course, means to "draw or gather together about a central point."

Okay, I know I am not in Israel, and I am not in agriculture, and this is not a political or economic site. But I hope this site can be a "centralized social community" (a social group of any size sharing common interests). The central point or common interest will be to support each other as well as explore Scripture together. As many of you know, I have been studying the Book of Ephesians for quite some time. I will be sharing much of what I have learned - and no - it is not just about marriage! I am very interested in your comments, question, and concerns as well.

Since it has taken half of my day setting this up, I won't write much else today. That is not to say I don't have a lot to write! LOL.... I just don't have enough time at the moment.