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In a world of instant access HDTV, Internet, radio, billboards, email spam, and magazines, popular culture is pouring into our minds at blinding speeds with or without our permission. While we have the opportunity to choose some of the outlets we are exposed to, our minds simply cannot block out all the unsolicited advertising and buzz without isolating ourselves from society.

RenewMyMind.com exists primarily as a personal exercise of setting my mind on things above, and if others happen to find some use for it, that’s an added bonus.

Over the years, I have encountered these moments when I was caught up in what I would call “divine fascination”. This is not the same as having a vision or dream, but more simply an act of divinely inspired imagination. Some aspect of God’s nature or his creation will strike me as extraordinarily awe inspiring, and I will contemplate that thought further in an attempt to grasp even the slightest idea of the infinite nature of God.

Paul concluded his letter to the church in Philippi with these words:

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

For the longest time, I would remember parts of this verse when my mind was plagued with filth, but I could never imagine what “things” these things were that Paul was describing. I had this exhortation to think on life giving things, but could never figure out what those life giving things are.

RenewMyMind.com marks my journey of thought as I focus on having the mind of Christ by imagining, pondering, and analyzing the things of God and the things which testify to his nature. I want to know the mysteries of God, and I think the first step is in pursuing him with a willingness to open our minds and fix our gazes upon him.