Warrior Poet

Today I changed the name of my blog from The Abundant Life to Warrior Poet . Here's the story behind it. This past summer I read a book called Waking the Dead by John Eldredge. The book was so meaningful to me that I decided to lead a small group of men from my church through it. As such, I began reading through the book a second time and meeting weekly with a group of four men. In one of the chapters, John encourages the reader to ask God what he thinks of himself or herself. "What do you (God) think of me?" "Who do you say that I am?" This question struck me so one day while on a walk I asked God what he thought about me. I didn't get an immediate answer so I kept walking. At some point (I don't remember exactly when) the name "Warrior Poet" came to my mind. I knew I had heard that term before, probably years ago, but I didn't remember from where or when. I also figured it was a name that I wanted to have for myself rather ...