Welcome to the Vineyard

This is, obviously my first entry into a blogging community. I plan to have ramblings about sermons, family, events and who knows what else. Visit my blog at www.ramblingsfromthevineyard.blogspot.com.

As an amateur vintner I have chosen the title of this site to be "Ramblings from the Vineyard". I have been making small batches of wine, not over 12 gallons at a time, since 1985. I initially learned from Paul Coen while he was interning at the University Lutheran Center in Brookings, SD. I further developed my skills under the tutolage of Frank Burns while studying at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, IA.

While wine making as a hobby is relatively layed back with lots of waiting between steps, the wine-in-making is anything but layed back. All of those little yeasties are active, "blowing bubbles in the bath tub", "getting it on with one another", and generally having a good time with the wine while we have to wait.

Blogging is a similar process. An entry here or there doesn't seem to be much, but over time it grows, ferments, as you will, into a greater understanding of the world around us and within us.

From time to time you might find something written here that puts you off, inspires you or just makes you question my sanity. Feel free to drop me a line whenever. It will be great to see who all out there reads these ramblings and whose thoughts start to ferment into their own batch of wine.