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 and we have launch!

I feel nervous as I launch this blog. I am hoping that it will go as smoothly as the launch of NASA's Max Launch Abort System shown in the above image. Here is an excerpt of the Wikipedia description of that particular launch:

"The unpiloted launch tested an alternate concept for safely propelling a future spacecraft and its crew away from a problem on the launch pad or during ascent. . . The flight demonstration began after the four solid rocket motors burned out. The crew module mockup separated from the launch vehicle at approximately seven seconds into the flight and parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean."

Unlike NASA's creation shown above, this blog is not unpiloted and definitely does not have a parachute. So, if my efforts here end up crashing, then my landing may not be gentle.

Then again, launching this blog is not nearly as risky as what I did in November of 2024. It was then that I became a member of the United Methodist Church. 

It might seem odd that a new United Methodist would already be a UMC Certified Lay Servant. Well, I might be new to the UMC, but I am not new to faith in Messiah Jesus. I began my walk with Jesus on 22 February 1981. 

Although I am not a professional theologian, I am not a dummy even if this blog does crash. 

"Hi, David!"

I have never met those two in the car. Pay no attention to them.

Now where was I? Oh yeah.

My goal for this blog is for it to be an extension of the UMC Lay Servant ministry that I hope to accomplish.