johnguyton
johnguyton
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My blog at wordpress.com is called Searching for GSOT. Those letters are shorthand for “the grand scheme of things.” It’s a phrase from ordinary speech, spoken by a friend years ago, which points toward some kind of coherent meaning in life that might be glimpsed without final reliance either on science or on special revelation. I honor both science and revelation, but neither provides a complete guide for understanding GSOT.
My blogs try to explore how you and I come to our beliefs about the world and our place in it. In the course of thinking and writing, I found the ideas converging around a strong focus on the will – but not the will as objective fact or hypothesis, a concept widely and deservedly repudiated. Instead the will requires a personal context – my will, your will, or our will. What does it mean to me to make important choices in my life? What does it mean to you, or to us?
Academic medicine, specifically atherosclerosis and lipid disorders, has been my career. I’m still working and enjoying the contact with patients, many of whom have become friends, as well as the opportunity to contribute in some measure to progress in the field.
With my wife Susan I taught Sunday School in moderate Baptist churches for almost 30 years, but religion is not the primary focus as a blogger. I'm going to leave it to others more qualified to write about religious matters, including our son Morgan Guyton who has a very active blog on patheos.com.
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