Who is Wade Baker?

I will try to answer this question over time throughout this blog. Many of you already know me at least well enough. For the rest of the readers, check out my profile. That should help get you started. I'll keep working on that. And even though this blog is about Siloam Springs you'll soon see how the author just can't seem to keep himself out of the story. So it will become important to know who he is.

I'm tempted to give you the biblical perspective first (a new creation, son of the Most High) but I know you probably know most of that already so we'll come back to that again later.

Other than that, don't expect to be impressed. I'm just a plain old 34 year old guy, working a pretty normal job Monday-Friday 8-5. Been here (DaySpring Cards) for a little more than 5 years. My title is Resource Planner and I help the company manage their product development schedules. I see some of you are already yawning. That's ok. I warned you.

What are my other qualifications? Well, this is a blog. But, this is an important blog to me so at the same time I don't take it too lightly. What is my training? A few years of business school... gone to church most of my life, spent time growing up on the missions field overseas... Still not getting it? I'm trying to tell you. I have none of the things that someone might naturally expect of someone trying to accurate and significantly document a community's journey with God. I have no portfolio, no hidden agenda. I have nothing to sell, no contest I'm trying to win, no platform I'm trying to push. I have no credentials, no certificate.

But I do have something.

I have access to everything God has to offer to a believer. I have faith. I have belief. I have His love. He encounters me. He gives me wisdom. He speaks to me. He reveals things to me. I know about Him in my head, I feel Him in my heart and I experience Him in my life. I trust Him. I love Him. I want to do what He wants me to do even though sometimes I lack all the courage or boldness to do it. He teaches me and He trains me. He is my perfect Father and my perfect Mother. His Son is my Savior, my brother, my friend. I am His father's son and loving servant. He is my Master because I welcome Him. His Holy Spirit guides me and helps me. God's hand touches me when I need healing and also when I need instruction. He opens my eyes and fills me with His presence. He is the source of my joy, the source of all I have. He is my Provider and my Lover. He is everything good to me.

So, two things: one - apparently I am fully qualified to preach the good news that is Jesus. And two - so are you.

He may give you a pulpit, or a classroom, or a sailboat, or a job. He may give you children, or a website, or a business, or a vehicle. He may give you a microphone, or a computer, or a cell phone, or a house. He may give you a camera, or a skill, or a pen, or a city.

Whatever He gives you, you can be sure that He did so because He loves you. And He loves others like you so very much that He wants you to use whatever He's given you to tell others that very truth.

Who is Wade Baker?

One of many unique earthen vessels, yielded to the Potter's hands, baptized by fire, whose purpose is to receive and pour out the goodness of God.

- Wade Baker