Disclaimer

If you going to read this blog on a regular basis, you are going to want to read this.

This blog will hopefully be a blogging collective, made up of people of all sorts of backgrounds, traditions, all of living a different story. The views and things blogged are only ever the views of the person who blogged them. Yes, my views are my views; not representing nor claiming to represent anyone or any entity.

We will do our best to undersign our posts, so you know who has posted.

We take what is written here extremely seriously. We feel the weight of the stuff written because it will push boundaries, and provokes tension. We will do our best to read posts over and over for clarity, hopefully making the points clear. But alas, this doesn’t always happen. Some people jump to conclusions that simply aren’t true.

The purpose of this blog is to share general, theological, missional explorations of what it means to be alive and to follow Jesus. We see this as the working out of life in a public sphere. That is why I (Tobit) started this blog. And what I have found is that a lot of people are exploring similar questions. So this blog, in part, is to connect in thought and conversation to those people.

And yet to share our thoughts with the world means that we are up for scrutiny. I think we are okay with that, because this is the tension in what we are doing. But, it is not our responsibility to police how you think or to prove certain point to you. There is vast amounts of information that go into a lot of the posts, a lot of which we don’t have the space to explain. What is written is a window into thousands of individual and collective hours of thought and journey experience. If you read something and it doesn’t make sense, or you don’t get it… ask, if you have a problem or disagreement… ask.

Much of what I (Tobit) hope this blog does is get you to think AND act. It is about participating, not just talking about participating. I want to be in the game, discovering what it means to be following Jesus. I don’t want to be the person on the hill who says, “I love what Jesus said,” and then goes home, never to integrate it into his life.

Your responsibility as a reader and a commenter.

Our posts are a way to express collective and individual thoughts and grapple with their meaning, not to answer all your questions. Look deeper than your first conclusion.
Take responsibility for your words as you comment. Think before you write them and consider how they sound, not just what you are saying. Be gracious in your questions and comments.
If what you read makes you mad, FIRST ask why it makes you mad. If you don’t understand, ask clarifying questions that help you understand what is being said.

Let me conclude by saying that we truly appreciate all of you for your engagement and time. It means A LOT to us. Much love.

Tobit