Welcome

Dear Reader,
Well, this is my first post on my brand new blog site, and man am I excited. First let me start by introducing myself. My name is Jason Goodwin, I am married to the beautiful and vivacious Jessica Goodwin (formerly Jameson) my wife of almost 6 years now (July 20th will be our anniversary), and we have two beautiful children. Kennedy Claire is our oldest she is 3 years old, and she is the big sister to our son Cooper Wade (Wade is in honor of my grandfather on my mother's side) who is looking forward to his first birthday in August. We live in Sherwood, Arkansas a suburb of sorts to North Little Rock. ( It truly is better on the North side) It is here that I pastor Cherrywood Baptist Church a small baptist congregation right off of Kiehl Avenue in Sherwood. We have lived here for almost 4 years now and have enjoyed our time in Central Arkansas.
Now to the purpose of this blog. I have named it "A 21st Century Pilgrim" because in reading John Bunyan's great work The Pilgrim's Progress I have come to see more clearly the path that I am on as a professor of Christ, and realize more and more the greatness of the path that Christ has set me on. Now please don't misunderstand me. I am not over hyping the experience of the journey that I am on as a Christian over the final destination or the ultimate truth of what Christ has done in my life through his death and resurrection. What I am merely trying to do is show the goodness of God in my life through all the trials and tribulations that He has put in my path to point others to His Grace and Mercy that flow from Calvary. So while this blog is about my experiences as a Christian, husband, father, pastor, and son. It is also an avenue for me to communicate Biblical truth to the those who might stumble across this blog and find it worth checking out.
Finally, let me give you a brief warning. I am an opinionated person, and I love sharing my opinions with whomever will listen. Also I love debate (healthy debate that is) and getting the conversation going on any numbers of topics. The things that will be discussed in this blog will range from Religious to secular, from politics to sports, from local issues to world wide issues. I am not a journalist nor do I pretend to be, but I do enjoy sharing my convictions on certain things and hopefully through that we can start some good conversations. So, I hope that this first post finds all of you out there doing well and living for the Glory of God, and if not then it is my prayer that God's Glorious Grace would give you comfort and guidance as you too progress on your pilgrimage.