The birth of this blog: a response to many encouragements November 29, 2007

there are a few friends of mine who have been blogging for quite some time now and they have always told me that i should get in on the game of sharing thoughts in this way and i have always heartily disagreed, until now. a week ago, i became very interested in a discussion relating to Christianity and Atheism on my friends R.O. Flyer’s blog, rain and the rhinoceros. i found myself posting my best thought and then checking back a few times a day for additional comments regarding the ongoing discussion.

i have said to my wife and to friends here in st. stephen that there are two things i need right now in my life: one is a jam at a pub once a week where musicians get together and play for the joy of it, the second is a theology pub (interesting how both of these things revolve around the hospitable spirit of the pub), a place where i and others could really hash through the complex surroundings the many important theological issues that affect not only the Church nor even only Christians but our whole world, the public space. i hope this and other blogs can be this for me, a place where the grinding wheel of minds may together produce something worth remembering.